CompAppGirls

=Computer Applications Girls Group - Amanda, Megan, Sara, Makenzie, Marrisa, Abbie= = = =__**What is a Computer and How Does a Computer Work?**__= **W**hy  is it important to know how a computer works? Easy, if you don't, it will be hard to control. Computers were never built to control us even though that is how it appears. Their creation was just another tool God gave man to use to benefit society. What can you do to learn more about computers? I have an easy answer. Just read, and use computers more. They are not that hard and with time you too can become the master over this tool. **C**omputers,  the ones we know and love have not been around all that long. The first home personal computer was not sold until **1977**. We have come a long way since then. Did you know that in **1983** there were approximately //2 million// personal computers in use in the United States. However just __10 years__ later in **1993** the number had jumped to more than //90 million//. And now in 2009 the number is estimated at over 200 million. **C**omputers,  today are small, fast, reliable, and extremely useful. Back in 1977 that really was not the case. However, they both operated in basically the same way. They both receive data, stored data, processed data, and then output data similar the the way our own brain functions. This article deals with those **// 4 functions //:** **Memory, Processing, Input**, and **Output**. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=PJ61MkKXoTc&feature=related& safety_mode=true&persist_ safety_mode=1 2. Hard Drive: 3. Mouse: 4. __**http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774696.html**__
 * 1) Monitor:
 * A video display terminal.
 * Another name for the [|hard disc] that stores information information in a computer.
 * A small hand-held device, similar to a [|trackball], used to control the position of the cursor on the video display; movements of the mouse on a desktop correspond to movements of the cursor on the screen.