Computer

• The word computer is derived from the Latin meaning Computare count. In English is called to compute
• The definition of computer is translated as a set of electronic tools that work together, can accept data (input), process data (process) and provide information (output) as well as coordinated under the control program stored in memory
• Blissmer (1985): the computer is an electronic device capable of performing several tasks, which receives input, processes the input in accordance with the instructions, keep the commandments and the results of its processing, and provides output in the form of information.
• Sanders (1985), the computer is an electronic system to manipulate data quickly and accurately as well as designed and organized to automatically receive and store input data, processes it, and produces an output based on the instructions that have been stored in memory.
• Computer: an electronic device that can accept input, process input, provide information, using a program stored in computer memory, can store programs and processing results, and works automatically.
• There are three important terms, namely the input (data), data processing, and information (output).
• Processing the data using a computer known as electronic data processing (EDP) or electronic data processing (EDP).