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Students' Guide to Information Technology, 2nd Edition
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Students' Guide to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

by Roger Carter
May 2014
Beginner content levelBeginner
266 pages
11h 32m
English
Newnes
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Students Guide to Information Technology
word processing program I am using), which is stored on disk, and
the words will also be stored on disk in a
data
file
(i.e. the file that I am
creating as I type this chapter).
In outline, the computer performs the following operations to
execute this task:
loads
the program, i.e. makes a copy of it in RAM
loads
the data file, i.e. makes a copy of it in RAM
updates
the file (in RAM) by obeying the command sequences in the
word processing program telling it how to add the additional
words that I type and how to incorporate any amendments I make
to existing material
saves
the file, i.e. makes
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ISBN: 9781483183831