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Computer Science Section 5 (Computer Systems)
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- 1What is a Computer ?is a Machine that Processes data
- 2What is the purpose of a computer?to take data, process it and then output it
- 3A computer system consists of ....... and software that work ....... to process .... and complete tasksHardware /Together / data
- 4What is Hardware?is the Physical parts of an computer system e.g Hard drive, Mother Board
- 5What is Software?are Programs, application, data that the computer system run
- 6What is an Embedded System?Is a Special - purpose computer built into a larger system they are usually dedicated systems used to perform a specific task
- 7What is the purpose of an embedded system?- Data Collection/ Storage / Representation
- Data Communication
- control the device allow a user to interact with it - 8Name some examples of embedded systemsdishwasher
Microwaves
TVs - 9What is a CPU?is the most important piece of hardware that processes data and instructions to make the computer system work
- 10What is the Purpose of the CPU?Has two main function:
(1) - to process data and instructions
(2) - to control the rest of the computer system
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- GCSE Computing Flashcards on Computer Science Section 5 (Computer Systems), created by Crawford _Studying on 17/06/2021.
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