The computer is an electronic machine. It is a machine that solves problems as much as you do. As an example, let’s trace the way you would add two numbers. Then, let’s see how a computer would do it.
- l* x8 v6 r5 L$ c Step1. You collect information. That is, you either see or hear the numbers to be added.
, B' L5 ]( u3 x, D: C" L Step2. You find a method to solve the problem. In this case, you remember how to do addition.
. s, v2 J9 V- O5 M! ? Step 3 You bring together the information (the two numbers), and the method (addition)
2 u, R1 b3 T/ ]$ a) Y Step 4 You perform the operation, adding the two numbers.
' @6 ?2 ?/ ]5 p, m Step5 You report the results of your work, either by writing down the answer or by saying it aloud.; M( D! _' |3 E" e
All computers go through five similar steps.. M z6 ?' P8 g, V, \8 B/ r
Step 1 The computer receives information, or data, from the outside. It changes the data into electric language, called input.
/ T" q3 J8 C; Z- c0 O$ O8 i/ p6 B Step 2 The computer has been given a program contain instructions for solving the problem. The instructions ate found in the storage or memory.
$ Y1 Q$ l" E5 C& S1 S( o* k Step 3 The computer bring together the data from the input and the instructions from the storage. This is done by the computer’s control.
, D- G+ Y' T3 v- q Step 4 The computer goes through the steps of the instructions on the data; this is called processing.' E2 I6 R$ A0 l
Step 5 The computer changes the result from electric language to human language. It presents the results in print or sound, called output.7 O/ V0 I# w/ S. t
Sometimes the five parts of a computer –input, storage, control, processor , and output—are together in one large unit. Other times they are far apart and connected by wires. Often, large computers have one control and processing unit, with a number of separate memory, input, and output device.4 }, i5 B1 g: ^
What does the passage mainly tell us?% n6 D5 f6 V6 x- ?% ]2 y" t8 _, k5 P: q
A The computer is an electric machine./ U& F2 o& g7 z1 y4 p# _( k
B Computer solve problems in the same way as people do* C+ t# E6 Y- j0 {+ a+ v
C How we add two numbers Z2 k6 q1 ^( Z! Q7 T
D Computers have five parts together in one unit.
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