A computer is a machine for manipulating data according to a list of instructions known as a program.
In the 1960s, computers were in wide industrial use for many purposes,mainly performing scientific calculations,often to support military objectives.
Computer engineers at research institutions throughout the US began to link their computers together using telecommunications technology in the 70's.
As computers have become smaller,computers for individual use, called personal computers, and their portable equivalent,the laptop computer,are ubiquitous information-processing and communication tools and are perhaps what most non-experts think of as (a computer).
In the 1980s,Personal Computers
became popular for many tasks,including book-keeping,writing and printing documents,calculating forecasts and other repetitive mathematical tasks involving spreadsheets.
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Computer hardware is the physical part of a computer.
Most computer hardware is not seen by normal users. It is in embedded systems in automobiles, microwave ovens, electrocardiograph machines, compact disc players, and other devices. Personal computers, the computer hardware familiar to most people, form only a small minority of computers. A typical personal computer consists of a case,motherboard,Central processing unit (CPU),Random Access Memory,(BIOS),PCI bus PCI-E or AGP bus,USB,Power supply,CD - the most common type of removable media, cheap but fragile. CD-ROM Drive CD Writer DVD DVD-ROM Drive DVD Writer DVD-RAM Drive Floppy disk Zip drive USB Flash Drive Tape drive,Hard disk - for medium-term storage of data. Disk array controller Sound card - translates signals from the system board into analog voltage levels, and has terminals to plug in speakers. Networking - to connect the computer to the Internet and/or other computers Modem - for dial-up connections Network card - for DSL/Cable internet, and/or connecting to other computers. Other peripherals such as a keyboard.Pointing devices Mouse Trackball Gaming devices Joystick Gamepad Game controller Image, Video input devices Image scanner Webcam Audio input devices Microphone Output or Output devices Image, Video output devices Printer Monitor Audio output devices Speakers headsetNext Generation Media Center Super Computers You can Get Microsoft's Media Center Edition operating system on a notebook,although it had its start on a desktop PC. The new Macintosh Media Center desktop computer. Many Media Center PCs have dual-core processors fast enough to handle DVR, music, and other tasks simultaneously. A gigabyte of system memory should be considered a minimum for a Media Center PC. Offered for under $800.
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