title: Connecting-up to computers.
abstract: Having established that the computer is capable of undertaking a wide range of complex processes in a short period of time, it becomes necessary to examine the range of devices which may be connected to a computer, and the methods of establishing communications between the user and the central processing unit (CPU).
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003201:Computers; D003202:Computers, Analog; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography / Q000295:instrumentation*