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What is the main function of a computer?
What is the main function of a computer?
- Automating long, tedious tasks during the Industrial Revolution
- Enabling communication through the Internet
- Performing arithmetic or logical operations automatically (correct)
- Acting as a control system for industrial and consumer products
What does a computer system include?
What does a computer system include?
- Only the hardware component of a computer
- Operating system and generic sets of operations
- Peripheral equipment and control systems
- Hardware, operating system, and peripheral equipment (correct)
What is an example of a computer network?
What is an example of a computer network?
- A factory device like an industrial robot
- The Internet connecting billions of users
- A group of linked computers functioning together (correct)
- A personal computer or a smartphone
What were early computers primarily used for?
What were early computers primarily used for?
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What powered the Internet, linking billions of computers and users?
What powered the Internet, linking billions of computers and users?
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What is a computer system?
What is a computer system?
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What type of devices use computers as control systems?
What type of devices use computers as control systems?
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What powered the Internet, linking billions of other computers and users?
What powered the Internet, linking billions of other computers and users?
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What were early computers primarily meant to be used for?
What were early computers primarily meant to be used for?
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What do modern digital electronic computers perform?
What do modern digital electronic computers perform?
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