BUS 237 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Blackboard, Word Processor, Google Drive

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Zorana Svedic

Document Summary

At their most basic level, computers do three things: Accept input (raw data) process data produce output (information) Critical to the rapid adoption of personal computers and rise of social networks. Shared access to data, printers, and other peripheral devices. Small form factor computing devices work almost the same as the large pcs. The rise of the internet brought in a movement away from privately owned technology towards shared or virtual storage and computing services commonly called cloud computing . Cloud computing promises flexible, secure and scalable low fixed cost computing that is available anywhere, anytime and on any device. Hardware consists of electronic components and related gadgetry that input, process, output, and store data according to instructions encoded in computer programs or software. Input hardware accept or capture data to be entered into the computing system. Keyboard, mouse, trackball, touchpad, touch screen, writing tablets. Need to know for exam input devices **