A bit of help doind ass-ignment

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my niece has to do a computer related assignment and altough i thought it’d be easy,it’s not :blush:

here are the 4 questions

1.Discuss briefly the data processing cycle.

2.Give at least 6 characteristics of computer.

3.Enumerate the capabilities and limitation of computer.

4.What are the classification of computer.Give ex.

thanks to the ones who will bother :notworthy:

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What grade is she in?

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she’s 15 i think,so :idunno:

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Tell your neice to go old school…

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[quote=“dablindfrog”]my niece has to do a computer related assignment and altough i thought it’d be easy,it’s not :blush:

here are the 4 questions[/quote]
She doesn’t have a text book to answer this? Luckily, we have Google.

Data Collection/Preparation–>Data Input–>Data Processing–>Data Output–> Back to beginning.
From the BBC

An Online Reference

  1. They receive input
  2. They perform calculations
  3. They are divided into hardware and software
  4. They store sets of instructions (memory)
  5. They use on/off logic
  6. They give output

Can:

  1. repeat calculations without tiring
  2. perform different sets of instructions
  3. store massive amounts of data
  4. make calculations faster than human effort
    Cannot:
  5. Do anything it has not been programmed to do
  6. Perceive anything beyond input given to it
  7. Solve problems of type NP

Supercomputer- Cray Supercomputers
Mainframe- Internet Router Hubs
Mini-computer- Mark-8
Microcomputer/Desktop- HP Pavillion
Laptop computer- Inspiron1100
PDA- I-Pod

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[quote=“dablindfrog”]my niece has to do a computer related assignment and altough i thought it’d be easy,it’s not :blush:

here are the 4 questions

1.Discuss briefly the data processing cycle.

2.Give at least 6 characteristics of computer.

3.Enumerate the capabilities and limitation of computer.

4.What are the classification of computer.Give ex.

thanks to the ones who will bother :notworthy:[/quote]

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Can:

  1. repeat calculations without tiring–[color=darkred]allow you to view your credit card bill over and over to your disbelief.[/color]
  2. perform different sets of instructions–[color=darkred]Save to C,D,E:, burn to disk, or Error:Can not tell you really what is going on because you didn’t pay for that OS part.[/color]
  3. store massive amounts of data–[color=darkred]I tunes[/color]
  4. make calculations faster than human effort–[color=darkred]Again that online bill shows up on time every month.[/color]
    Cannot:
  5. Do anything it has not been programmed to do–[color=darkred]Cannot make a good grilled cheese sandwich.[/color]
  6. Perceive anything beyond input given to it–[color=darkred]Use Microsoft’s troubleshooting help and support program for example [/color]
  7. Solve problems of type NP–[color=darkred]This troubleshooter is unable to solve your problem. (All this after a series of 50 questions)[/color]

Supercomputer- Cray Supercomputers-- [color=darkred]The Pentegon’s[/color]
Mainframe- Internet Router Hubs–[color=darkred]The Peer to Peer one’s[/color]
Mini-computer- Mark-8-- [color=darkred]Your outdated workplace one[/color]
Microcomputer/Desktop- HP Pavillion–[color=darkred]The cheapest one on sale at Best Buy[/color]
Laptop computer- Inspiron1100–[color=darkred]The one you ‘borrowed’ from work[/color]
PDA- I-Pod[/quote]–[color=darkred]The mass enslavement of the world[/color]

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thanks nama,she might get A+ for originality :notworthy: :laughing:

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and thanks to RDO and AAF for their help

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you’re welcome. Hope it made you laugh :slight_smile:

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A slightly shorter but otherwise the same version is REPL - “Read, Evaluate, Print, Loop”. It’s the basis of various programming approaches and codified in some languages such as Lisp. It’s shorter because data collection / preparation is not something the computer does.

Whee inebriation.

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you’re welcome. Hope it made you laugh :slight_smile:[/quote]

laughing would be an understatment,but beside funny,it was replies i could relate to as well :bravo: :laughing:

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R. Daneel Olivaw: That was a very good answer. Your masters are pleased. My grade 3’s could not even do simple Google search. Guess you robots have too much free time. More work for you=> “grade my papers” :slight_smile:

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I’m sure that would somehow conflict with the Zeroth law, harm to humanity or some-such.