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Block Diagram of Computer|| Basic Explanation



A typical computer system irrespective of its size, class or type consists of hardware and software, integrated and synchronized together to perform computational work or data processing. Computer anatomy is concerned with the way the various functional units operate and how they connected together to form the computer system.
A computer system consists of the following functional units :
1)  Input unit
2) Memory/Storage unit
3) CPU(central processing unit)
4) Output unit

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