ITMA02 Inside Computer

This document discusses the history of computers and provides an overview of how computers represent and process data. It covers: 1) Key events in the development of early computers from ENIAC in 1946 to the IBM Personal Computer XT in 1981 and introduction of the original Apple computers. 2) How computers represent data using bits and bytes and the measurements used to describe data storage capacity and transfer rates. 3) The basic components inside a computer system unit and how a CPU processes data.