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OCR: COMPUTERS MIND TOOLS term 'automatic computing systerm. Today, popular usage has abandoned this cumb er- some terminolog y in favor of the sh orter te rms "computer' or computer system. Based on the concepts presented in von Neumann' paper, we can define computer device that accepts input, processes data stores data and produces output Let's Iook more closely at the elements of this definition Co mputel Accepts Input What kinds of input can a computer use? Computer input is whatever is pnd into computer system. "Input" is also used as verb that means to feed information into computer. Input can be supplied by person by the ervi ironment or by another computer. Some examples of the kinds of inpu computer can process are the and symbols in document numbers for calculation, instructions for c ...