Labels:book | box | cell phone | computer | crt screen | earth | hakham | keyboard | laptop | monitor | mouse | person | plaything | remote | road | shelf | television receiver | tv | windowpane OCR: COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL BASICS What is personal computer? A personal computer micro- processor-based computing device designed to meet the computing needs of an individual It typically provides access to a wide variety of computing applications such as word processing, photo editing, and e-mail Personal computers are available as desktop or portable models, and in a variety of form factors, a term that refers to the dimensions of the unit that FIGURE 1-14 holds the computer circuitry You'll learn more about the wide variety of per- Personal computer designs sonal computer form factors in the Hardware chapter. For now, simply run the gamut from drab remember that computers like those pictured in Figure 1-14 are classified gray boxes to colorful curvy as personal computers cases What is a work ...
