Slide Set – 01

CPSA & CP
17PG & 17ME
 Contents
• Computer Science
• Computer Systems Engineering
• Computer Defined
• Application Areas of Computer
• Basic Task of a Computer
• Data and Information
• Data / Information Processing Cycle
• Input
• Process
• Output
• Storage
• Set of Instructions
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 Computer Science

• Computer Science or Computing Science is the scientific and practical

approach to computation and its applications.

• It is the science of how we can use the calculations / computations to solve

our problems.

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 Computer Systems Engineering
• Computer Systems Engineering is the field related with how we can design
an electronic circuitry to perform computation to solve our problems.

• It integrates several aspects of Electrical Engineering, Electronic

Engineering and Computer Science.

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 Computer Defined

Computer is an electronic device, which is capable of:

• Receiving the input

• Processing the data on the basis of given set of instructions
• Producing the output
• Storing the information (if needed)

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 Is this a Computer?

• Input
• Process
• Output
• Storage

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 Is this a Computer?

• Input
• Process
• Output
• Storage

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 Is this a Computer?

• Input
• Process
• Output
• Storage

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 Is this a Computer?

• Input
• Process
• Output
• Storage

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 Application Areas of Computer

Nowadays computers are considered backbone in many different fields.

1. Education :
Schools, Colleges, Universities

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 Application areas of computer

2. Military:
Missile launch, Trajectory, Radar, Satellite Communications

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 Application areas of computer

3. Medicine:
Surgery, Remote treatment, X-Ray, Ultrasound, CT Scan

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 Application areas of computer

4. Research:
Simulators, Special softwares, Surveys

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 Application areas of computer

5. Entertainment:
Music, Movies, Games, 3D and 4D Cinemas, Virtual Reality

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 Application areas of computer

6. Business:
Banks, ATM, Online Banking, Online Shopping

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 Application areas of computer

7. Industry:
Production, Painting, Robots, Engine construction

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 Application areas of computer

8. Transportation:
Airline, Train reservation, Air traffic control, Auto pilot

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 Application areas of computer

9. Office:
Office automation, email, MS Office

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 Basic Task of a Computer

• Basic task of a computer is to convert Data (meaningless) in to

Information (meaningful).

Data Information

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 Data and Information

• Data is the collection of Facts and Figures.

• Processed data is called Information.

Figures:
• Numbers
• Not pictures or shapes but numeric quantities

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 Data and Information

Facts:
• Anything other than number
• Characters
• String
• Pictures
• Graphs
• Charts

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 Data and Information

DATA INFORMATION

• Data has no any meaning, it is • Information has meaning, its is

meaningless. meaningful.

• Data is useless. • Information is useful.

• Data is unprocessed. • Information is processed.

• Input to the computer is data. • Output of the computer is

information.

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Data / Information Processing Cycle
Set of instructions
Instruction 1
Instruction 2
Instruction n

Data Information
Input Process Output

Information
Storage
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 Data / Information Processing Cycle

Input:
• Entering data in to the computer.
• It is performed by input devices.

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 Data / Information Processing Cycle

Process:
• Performing operations on the data in order to convert it in to information.
• It is performed by processing devices.

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 Data / Information Processing Cycle

Output:
• Presenting the results/information.
• It is performed by output devices.

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 Data / Information Processing Cycle

Storage:
• Saving data, programs, output or information for future use.
• It is performed by storage devices.

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 Data / Information Processing Cycle
Set of Instructions:
• Collection of instructions (Program) that converts the data in to information.
• Contains procedure that converts data in to information.
• Stored in memory.

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