Describe some of the characteristics of computers.

CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPUTER 

1. Machine:

It is a machine. It is an inanimate object. It needs outside intervention for it to run. It can only do things for which it is designed. 

2. Electronic:

It is Electronic because it is made up of electronic circuits. It runs on electrical energy. 

3. Automatic:

It is automatic. Once started it continues to run without outside intervention. 

4. Data Manipulator:

It can manipulate data, following specific rules. It can perform arithmetic functions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It can compare data.

 5. Memory: 

It has memory. It has the capacity to remember what it has done. It can store instructions in its memory and follow these through unaided.