Saturday, August 21, 2010

How does data gets input, processed, stored and output on a computer?

I want to know how does information we put into the computer is inputted, stored and then outputted.


Go as indepth as you can please.


Write about the data's travel throught the Motherbaord etc.





Thank you.How does data gets input, processed, stored and output on a computer?
The data is inputted through any input devices such as:


-The Mouse


-The Keyboard


-Joystick


-Bar code Scanner


-Rotation or any types of sensor





Of course, there are also I/O Devices (Input/Output). An example of this can be a touch screen.





The information which is inputted, for example from the keyboard, is represented as a binary number for every item inputted. This is then represented as an electrical current which travels in bits.


The information, when saved, is saved on the RAM (Rapid Access Memory) for a while and then to the ROM (Read-Only Memory), which is more of a permanent basis. The data is then fetched from the place where it is stored, may it be the hard disk, at outputted in whatever device there is, such as a screen for images or text or speakers for music or any type of sound.





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