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- 1What is Hardware?Hardware is the physical parts of the computer system – the parts that you can touch and see.
- 2What is Hardware?A motherboard, a CPU, a keyboard and a monitor are all items of hardware.
- 3What is Software?Software is a collection of instructions that can be ‘run’ on a computer. These instructions tell the computer what to do.
- 4What is SoftwareSoftware is not a physical thing (but it can of course be stored on a physical medium such as a CD-ROM), it is just a bunch of codes.
- 5What is Software?An operating system such as Windows XP or Mac OS X, applications such as Microsoft Word, and the instructions that control a robot are all examples of software.
- 6What is the difference between Hardware and Software?Computer hardware is the physical components that make up the computer system. Hardware is useless without software to run on it.
- 7What is the difference between Hardware and Software?Software is instructions that tell computer hardware what to do. Software is useless unless there is hardware to run it on.
For a computer system to be useful it has to consist of both hardware and software.
- 8What is CPU?Central Processing Unit (CPU)
The CPU is the 'brain' of the computer. It is the device that carries out software instructions.
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The Pentium processor made by Intel is an example of a CPU. - 9What is a Central Processing Unit?CPUs usually plug into a large socket on the main circuit board (the motherboard) of a computer. They get very hot when they are operating so usually have a large fan attached to their top to keep them cool.
- 10Kilobyte and Megabytebit = 0 or 1
byte = 8 bits
KB = kilobyte
MB = Megabyte
GB = Gigabyte
= 1000x1000x1000
Goggol(plex) = 1 + 100 zeros
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