Information Technology Basics

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  1. 3. Tabulating Machine An early computing machine that used punched cards and metal pins. It was used to compile the 1890 US census
  2. 6. A smaller, faster, cheaper, and more durable electronic device that replaced mechanical relays, which were slow and tended to wear down over time
  3. 9. The fastest, most powerful computers that exist at a given time
  4. 10. Wide Web A system for making digital resources publicly available over the internet using a web browser that paved the way for email, chatrooms, and social media sites.
  5. 11. Information that a user physically enters into a computer
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  1. 1. The operations performed by a computer to retrieve, transform, or classify information.
  2. 2. A mobile phone that functions as a computer and allows users to access the internet
  3. 4. The saving of information on memory chips, discs, or other storage media by a computer for later use.
  4. 5. An electronic device that allowed entire computers to be built into a single lacing modules for each part of the computer. Microchips paved the way for personal computer ownership
  5. 7. computer interaction A field of study that looks at how computers and other kinds of technology interact with humans.
  6. 8. Information that a computer returns to a user such as images on a screen, sounds from speakers, and printed pages.