What is Computer ? Give me full meaning .

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    Pallavi Choudhury | Contributor-Level 7

    2010-03-21 10:09:51
    Hi,
    A programmable machine. The two principal characteristics of a computer are:
    It responds to a specific set of instructions in a well-defined manner.
    It can execute a prerecorded list of instructions (a program).
    Modern computers are electronic and digital. The actual machinery -- wires, transistors, and circuits -- is called hardware; the instructions and data are called software.
    All general-purpose computers require the following hardware components:
    * memory : Enables a computer to store, at least temporarily, data and programs.
    * mass storage device : Allows a computer to permanently retain large amounts of data. Common mass sto
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    chiranjit gorain

    2012-06-09 09:48:49
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