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Now observe these new verbs:

COMPUTERS

What is a computer?

“It is an electronic machine which processes data and gives the solution or results”

“It is an electronic machine that performs rapid, complex calculations or compiles and correlates data”

The boss is giving a contract to a man The man is getting back quickly.

The boss always signs the contracts. He gets back quickly because it`s raining.

To sign: To get back:

I am signing a contract now. He is getting back in a month.

He is the teacher who signs the exams. I don`t want to get back late. Some terms related whith computers:

The man signed the letter. They got back by car. Data: it is the plural of DATUM , which is something known or assumed, fact from which conclusions can
be inferred; information.
You have not signed all the papers. They haven`t got back still.

To return = to get back

He was returning to the post office.

I have to return this letter. It`s not for me.

She returned the notebooks to her friend.

We have returned the books to our teacher.

Program: a logical secuence of operations to be performed by a digital computer in solving a problem
or in processing data.

Code: a system of symbols use in information processing in which letters, figures, etc are arbitrarily
given certain meanings.

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Digit: it is a single character number. Any numeral from 0 to 9. Now let`s see a model of personal letter and its parts:

Character: any letter, figure, or symbol used in writing and printing.

Bits: a single digit in a binary numbers system; a unit in information equal to the amount of information John Winston Perroni
obtained by learning which of two equally. Pastora a Pte. Miraflores

Bytes: a string of binary digits, usually eight, operated on as a basic unit by a digital computer. HEADING Nº 17-1. La Pastora.10-10 A.
Caracas- Venezuela
Disk: a thin, flat, circular plate coated with ferromagnetic particles, on which computer data can be
stored. September 15, 2004

Dear Virginia: GREETING

Hi darling, I miss you. I know you must be there because you have to finish your career in Polythecnic
University of Puerto Rico, but I am feeling blue because I don`t see you.

I can`t go there because my obligations in IRFA. I know you will come back in December.

I will be waiting you.

Imput: information fed into a computer.

Out put: information transferred from internal storage to external storage by a computer or delivered in
response to instructions.
BODY OR MESSAGE
Device: a mechanical contrivance.

I/o devices: are devices to send input to the machine or to receive output from the machine.
Sincerely yours, CLOSING
Main storage= memory: the components of a computer guidance system, etc designed to accept,
store, and recall information or instructions. SIGNATURE John W. Perroni
Flow chart: it is a diagram showing the progress of work through a secuence of operations.

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Observe: An envelope for a letter Computer= software + hardware

John Winston Perroni

Pastora a Pte. Miraflores Software: the program, data, Hardware: the mechanical, routines,
for use in a Computer. etc magnetic and electronic design,
Nº 17-1. La Pastora.10-10 A.
structure and devices of a computer.
Caracas- Venezuela
. Aura Virginia Soler
Calle Bélgica, Nº 18
Ponce-Puerto Rico
USA
Air mail

This envelope is addressed to Miss Aura Virginia Soler. She is going to receive the letter. She is Applications of the computer
the receiver.

John Winston Perroni is the person who sends the letter. He is the sender.
PAY ROLL ACCOUNTING STATISTICS
Observe these verbs:

To mail: To receive:
He was mailing some letters. I receive a letter everyday.
She mails all her letters early in the morning. They received a note yesterday.

To deliver: To send: FILES ARTS

The postman is delivering the correspondence. I am sending a letter.
The postman delivers the correspondence everyday. You sent a message to Raquel.

To drop: UPBRINGING
The mailman drops some letters in the mail box. SCIENCE
The postman dropped the cards.
TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY

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1. Translate these words:

a. Computer: ______________ b. Data: ____________________ LETTER WRITING

c. Program: _______________ d. Code: ____________________

e. Digit: _________________ f . Character: ________________

g. Bits: ___________________ h. Bytes: ____________________

If you want to write a letter, you have to buy an envelope, a stamp and paper. Then you have to go
i . Disk: __________________ J. Device: ___________________ to the post-office to mail the letter.
k. Hardware: ______________ l. Software: __________________ You can also write o receive telegrams, christmas cards, notes and messages. If you receive one
m. Input: __________________ n. Output: __________________ of then you must answer it as soon as possible.

2. Write how we can apply (use) computers in:

a. Science:

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
b. Accounting:
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
c. Technology:
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________ This family is reading a letter
d. Industry:
________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________ The mailman or postman is the person who delivers the mail, drops letters and cards in a mail box.
Activities

e. Files:
_________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

The mailman A mailbox

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