All systems can be understood using an input-process-output (IPO) model, and the system we call “innovation” is no exception. This model is likely familiar to you from information technology ...

The program will tell the CPU how to process the input information and what form to send the output in. For example, we might use a keyboard to send some text input into the computer.

Learn what computer system is with this KS1 primary computing guide from BBC Bitesize for years 1 and 2.