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Computer Science
Title: Computer Science
Category: Science & Technology
Details: Words: 807 | Pages: 3.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Computer Science
Even before the first computer was conceptualized, data had already been
stored on hard copy medium and used with a machine. As early as 1801, the
punched card was used as a control device for mechanical looms. One and
one-half centuries later, IBM joined punched cards to computers, encoding
binary information as patterns of small rectangular holes. Today, punch
cards are rarely used with computers. Instead, they are used for a handful
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computer, and magnetic medium is predominantly used today. Electronic
medium is used by every computer system, and is used to store instructions
or temporarily hold data. Finally, optical storage medium utilizes lasers
to read and write information to a disk that lasts indefinitely. Each
type of medium is suitable for certain functions that computer users
require. Although they use differing technologies, they all have equal
importance in the modern personal computer system.
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