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COMPUTER
CONCEPTS
Percival A. Fernandez
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER CONCEPTS
What is a Computer?
What is a Data?
Origination:
In this step original data is collected on certain
documents which are known as the source
documents.
o For example student record (roll no., name,
address, marks, class, age). In case of error
this original document is referred.
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER CONCEPTS
Storage:
During processing some information is required
or some information is to be written then the
storage is used.
o For example the no. of students who passed
with different grades. This information is to
be written the stored information is used for
further purpose.
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER CONCEPTS
Distribution:
In this step the output is distributed to the
different departments according to their
requirement.
o For example income tax statement is sent to
the income tax department. The output of
one system becomes the input for the other.
o In the above example the income tax
department receives income tax report from
various departments and prepares a
summary from this report and sends it to
the finance division.
REFERENCES
Intro to Computer Concepts. Juny Pilapil La Putt
http://ejaz007.expertscolumn.com/article/expanded-data-
processing-cycle
https://peda.net/kenya/ass/subjects2/computer-studies/form-
3/nameless-8444
https://forfreeeducation.blogspot.com/2011/08/explain-data-
processing-life-cycle.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_processing
http://planningtank.com/computer-applications/types-of-data-
processing