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Functions of the computer
• Basic functions that a computer can
perform are:
✓ Data processing: Arithmetic and logic
instructions
✓ Data storage: Movement of data into or out of
register and or memory locations
✓ Data movement(Input/Output): When data
are received & delivered to a device, the
process is known as Input / Output (I/O)
instructions & the device is referred as
peripheral.
✓ Control: Test and branch instructions
