... people at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre founded the first GUI Graphical User Interface, in which the use of a mouse was used to 'click' through the pictures etc. Memory/Storage Devices Type Advantages Disadvantages Hard Drive High capacity Not very 'mobile' Floppy Disk Mobile Low capacity CD-ROM Reliable Not enough space What is an IC/Silicon Chip An IC (integrated circuit) or Silicon Chip is a component, which initially has millions and millions of small components within its structure allowing for computer etc. to be made much smaller than usual. The invention has allowed computer manufacturers to produce lower cost computers at a fraction of the size. Computer Control CNC - (Computer Numerical Control) Allows the computer to control machines such as - milling machines, lathes, drilling machines etc. This basically allows the computer to control the machines to produce exact replicas of the product every time cut to the proper size and drilled in the correct positions. CAM - (Computer Aided Manufacturing) This is basically the same ...

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