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What is a computer system?
What is a computer system?
- A computer used only for calculations
- A group of computers linked and functioning together
- A complete computer with hardware, operating system, and peripheral equipment (correct)
- A special-purpose device like a microwave oven
What do modern digital electronic computers perform?
What do modern digital electronic computers perform?
- Specialized analog calculations
- Mechanical tasks for the Industrial Revolution
- Generic sets of operations known as programs (correct)
- Only arithmetic operations
What do computers power?
What do computers power?
- Special-purpose devices like microwave ovens
- Mechanical devices for the Industrial Revolution
- Simple manual instruments like the abacus
- The Internet, linking billions of other computers and users (correct)
What are simple special-purpose devices like microwave ovens considered as?
What are simple special-purpose devices like microwave ovens considered as?
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What were early computers meant to be used for?
What were early computers meant to be used for?
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What is a computer system?
What is a computer system?
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What do modern digital electronic computers perform?
What do modern digital electronic computers perform?
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What do computers power?
What do computers power?
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What were early computers meant to be used for?
What were early computers meant to be used for?
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What are simple special-purpose devices like microwave ovens considered as?
What are simple special-purpose devices like microwave ovens considered as?
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