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    Computer is an automatic, high-speed digital device that can accept data as input, process it into useful information as output, and store it for later use. Data processing transforms collected facts like numbers, letters, and symbols into meaningful information by organizing and processing the data. The data processing cycle includes organizing initial data capture, accurately inputting data, processing the input data by performing operations like classifying and calculating, and generating output information for the user. Early manual-mechanical devices that helped with calculations included the abacus, Napier's bones, slide rules, the Pascaline calculator, and Babbage's analytical and difference engines.

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    Computer is an automatic, high-speed digital device that can accept data as input, process it into useful information as output, and store it for later use. Data processing transforms collected facts like numbers, letters, and symbols into meaningful information by organizing and processing the data. The data processing cycle includes organizing initial data capture, accurately inputting data, processing the input data by performing operations like classifying and calculating, and generating output information for the user. Early manual-mechanical devices that helped with calculations included the abacus, Napier's bones, slide rules, the Pascaline calculator, and Babbage's analytical and difference engines.

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    BASIC COMPUTER CONCEPT

    Computer- is automatic, high speed, digital, electronic data processing device that can be programed
    to accept data (input), process it into useful information (output), and store it away ( in a secondary
    device) for safekeeping or later use.

    Data Processing- is a process of transforming data into useful and meaningful information. Data is a
    collection of facts relating ro events that take place. These facts could be in the form of numbers,
    letters, special symbols or combination of these. Information refers to data that has been organized and
    process so that it become meaningful.

    DATA PROCESSING CYCLE


    . Organization- the initial capture of data on some forms or documents, which referred to as sourcr
    documents
    . Input- the accurate recording of data and making them ready for processing in a convenient from; it
    involves the following operations:editing, coding, verefying
    . Processing- refers to the actual conversation of data into useful and meaningful information by
    performing operatios on input data: may involved one or more of the following questions: classifying,
    sorting, calculating, summarizing
    . Output- the process of generating the information by collecting the results of the previous processing
    steps and providing it to the user; it may be done in several ways; reproducing communication, sorting,
    retrivieng

    Manual-Mechanical Devices – devices powered by hand and requires physical effort from the user.

    .Abacus- the first man-made device that uses beads: developed in China

    .Napier’s Bones- an arrangement of bones wherein numbers are printed; developed by Jhon Napier

    .Oughtred’s Slide Rule-consists of movable bars wit a precise scale which uses approximations for
    solving problems; invented by William Oughtred

    .Pascaline- the first mechanical calculating machine capable of performing simple addition and
    substraction by dialing a series of wheels; invented by Blaise Pascal

    . Leibnitz Calculator- the improved Pascaline capable of performing the four basic operations and can
    extract square root of a number, invented by Gottfried Leibnitz

    .Babbage’s Analytical/ Difference Engines- these engines embodied most of the design of the modern
    computers. The Different Engine was design to automate standard procedure in calculating the roots of
    polynomials while the Analytical Engine wa designed to perform complex matheatical calculations;
    invented by Charles Babbage.

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