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Most people can formulate a mental picture of a computer, but computers do so many things and come in such a variety of shapes and sizes that it might seem difficult to distill their common characteristics into an all—purpose definition. At its core, a computer is a device that accepts input， processes data， stores data, and produces output， all according to a series of stored instructions。 Computer input is whatever is put into a computer system. Input can be supplied by a person, by the environment, or by another computer。 Examples of the kinds of input that a computer can accept include the