5 Questions
What are some examples of simple special-purpose devices that use computers as control systems?
Microwave ovens, remote controls, industrial robots, computer-aided design, personal computers, and smartphones.
What is the role of early computers and simple manual instruments like the abacus?
They were meant to be used only for calculations and aided people in doing calculations since ancient times.
What is a computer system?
A nominally complete computer that includes the hardware, operating system, and peripheral equipment needed and used for full operation.
What powered the internet and linked billions of other computers and users?
Computers power the Internet, which links billions of other computers and users.
What were some of the tasks that some mechanical devices in the Industrial Revolution were built to automate?
They were built to automate long, tedious tasks, such as guiding patterns for looms.
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