BASIC COMPUTING NOTES

KEY TERMS:THE DEFINITION GOES HERE.

COMPUTER: A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT INPUTS, PROCESSES, AND OUTPUTS DATA.

DATA: INFORMATION.

INPUT: "PUT IN" INFORMATION.

PROCESSING: CHANGING,EDITING,INTERPRETING INFORMATION.

OUTPUT: "PUT OUT" INFORMATION.

INPUT DEVICES: DEVICES THAT ALLOWA USER TO INPUT INFORMATION OR COMMANDS INTO THE COMPUTER( i.e. KEYBOARD).

OUTPUT DEVICES: DEVICE THAT OUTPUTS INFORMATION FROM THE COMPUTER(i.e MONITOR).

"DIGITAL" COMPUTERS TURN DATA INTO DIGITAL INFORMATION THAT A COMPUTER CAN PROCESS.

BINARY CODE: THE DIGITAL LANGUAGE A COMPUTER USES 1'S AND 0'S.