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computer operation

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Noun1.computer operationcomputer operation - an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform
floating-point operation, flop - an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers; "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
operation - (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction); "it can perform millions of operations per second"
retrieval - (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
storage - (computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk

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Martinez has worked for the city for 26 years and was in charge of overseeing the city's preparations for the Y2K computer operation.
The teachers pre and post test self-assessment rubric addressed nine areas of computer use: basic computer operation, file management, word processing, use of spreadsheets, use of databases, graphics use, hypermedia use, network and telecommunications use, and use of technology for student assessment.
After a stint at GE, where he boned up on the latest technological advances in the product-marketing department, Holmes was invited aboard Reynolds & Reynolds in 1984 to head up its then rather messy and crude computer operation.
 
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