Introduction to Computer Science

Instructor: SYED ALI RAZA

Learning Objectives

•Computer

•Data processing

•The word computer comes from the word “compute”, which means, “to calculate”

•Thereby, a computer is an electronic device that can perform arithmetic operations at high speed

A computer is also called a data processor because it can store, process, and retrieve data whenever desired

•The activity of processing data using a computer is called data processing

•Data is raw material used as input and information is processed data obtained as output of data processing