Processing is a systematic series of actions used to manipulate data. A computer stores data. Data can be stored temporarily in memory. Data can be stored permanently on storage medium. A computer produces output.
Output is the result produced by a computer.
Monitors and printers display output. The electric, electronic, and mechanical devices used for processing data. Peripheral device The equipment that is outside of or in addition to the processor or system unit. They are used to augment or supplement the processor. The instructions and associated data, stored in electronic format, that direct the computer to accomplish a task.