THE ARCHITECTURE OF COMPUTER HARDWARE, SYSTEM SOFTWARE, AND NETWORKING

Acomputer-basedinformationsystemismadeupofanumberofdifferentelements:■Thedataelement.Dataisthefundamentalrepresentationoffactsandobservations.Dataisprocessedbyacomputersystemtoprovidetheinformationthatistheveryreasonforthecomputer’sexistence.Asyouwillsee,datacantakeonanumberof