HSA 4191 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act, Disaster Recovery, Physical Security
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Computer an electronic digital device characterized by its ability to store a set of instructions and the data on which the instructions will operate. The electronic numerical integrator and calculator (eniac) first computing device built in the. Us: launched what has since become known as the first generation of computer hardware, consisted of devices that used vacuum tubes. Today, the computer world has evolved to the fourth generation of hardware: employs microprocessor technology, exploring the fifth generation of parallel processing and artificial intelligence. As technical capacity has increased the size of the processor has decreased. Mass production has reduced the cost of personal computing devices for public purchase. Exhibit 6. 1 depicts the 6 major components of a computer system: central processing unit, primary storage, secondary storage, input devices, output devices, communications devices create connections that enable the computer to interact with other computers.
