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What do modern digital electronic computers perform?

  • Only arithmetic operations
  • Specific sets of operations known as programs
  • Generic sets of operations known as programs (correct)
  • Only logical operations
  • What is a computer system?

  • A complete computer with hardware, operating system, and peripheral equipment (correct)
  • A single computer with only hardware and no software
  • A group of computers linked and functioning together
  • A computer network without any peripheral equipment
  • What do computers power that links billions of other computers and users?

  • Intranet networks
  • Local area networks (LANs)
  • The Internet (correct)
  • Wide area networks (WANs)
  • What were early computers meant to be used only for?

    <p>Calculations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of devices use computers as control systems?

    <p>Industrial robots and computer-aided design devices</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a nominally complete computer system?

    <p>A computer that includes the hardware, operating system, and peripheral equipment needed for full operation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of devices use computers as control systems?

    <p>Factory devices like industrial robots and computer-aided design</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do computers power that links billions of other computers and users?

    <p>The Internet</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did early mechanical devices built during the Industrial Revolution automate?

    <p>Long, tedious tasks such as guiding patterns for looms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were early computers meant to be used only for?

    <p>Calculations</p> Signup and view all the answers

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