Discuss the four basic components that Babbage's Analytical Engine possessed that equate it to a modern-day computer.

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Babbage's Term          Modern Terminologymill             arithmetic/logic unitstore                            memoryoperator                       processoroutput unit                  input/output His machine had four basic components: a mill to perform the arithmetic manipulation of data, a store to hold the data, an operator to process the instructions contained on punched cards, and an output unit to put the results onto separate punched cards.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A. Modem B. Video C. TV tuner D. NIC

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