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OCR: ING COMPUTERS: ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS Study Figure 1-2 to make sure you understand fundamental computer functions and see IT you recognize the modern devices that help the computer accomplish each function Figure 1-9 Basic computer The computer The comouter processor retrieves The the produces output Using ancl the an output device such as instruction and then printer nt display screen processes the num ber the com pu ter outputs the bv performing addition results of processing The result tern- porarily held in memo- ry. From memory the resut can be output or stored The computer accepts input. You use an input device to input numbers such 2 and along with the instruction ADD The instruction and the are ADD temporarily held in emorv The computer stores data. Wher data is not needed for immedi a ...