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.
4 H5 |3 L" h' `9 y' u Step1. You collect information. That is, you either see or hear the numbers to be added., S1 {! e0 G& P+ j/ H' P8 c, C
Step2. You find a method to solve the problem. In this case, you remember how to do addition.% G4 T, ?: H, F& H. z4 h) ^
Step 3 You bring together the information (the two numbers), and the method (addition); t7 _( S$ k S* ^
Step 4 You perform the operation, adding the two numbers.* c# {, z4 V# b, o
Step5 You report the results of your work, either by writing down the answer or by saying it aloud.9 G! `" E% I g% T- o. \% Q( P
All computers go through five similar steps.
2 N0 ?# T( X8 U' e Step 1 The computer receives information, or data, from the outside. It changes the data into electric language, called input.+ \+ f; Z8 D& r7 r4 M
Step 2 The computer has been given a program contain instructions for solving the problem. The instructions ate found in the storage or memory.$ d5 b/ I0 M2 k: F, Z6 m
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.! A3 P Z# A* W
Step 4 The computer goes through the steps of the instructions on the data; this is called processing.
, d4 S% c r" n$ s- N Step 5 The computer changes the result from electric language to human language. It presents the results in print or sound, called output.
c' C% g+ i- `9 t8 A7 v( B+ r 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., b5 R9 {. b1 e3 m# }2 M. L- p5 `; ]$ N* Z
What does the passage mainly tell us?
8 o- |7 D2 }5 A; R# Z A The computer is an electric machine.
: {' |$ H( ~1 `" u, q1 @ B Computer solve problems in the same way as people do
" t! U$ B5 D% Y C How we add two numbers
4 Z! S/ F/ b8 W5 u2 p" G D Computers have five parts together in one unit.
+ H% U M- ^. ` b& c Key:B |