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- 1What is the definition of hardware?The physical components of a computer or other electronic device
- 2What is the definition of software?The applications and programs that are used by a computer system.
- 3What is the relationship between hardware and software?Hardware and software communicate with each other through an operating system.
- 4What are the two types of system software?Operating and Utility
- 5What does RAM stand for?Random Access Memory
- 6Where are programs loaded into from secondary storage?RAM (Random Access Memory)
- 7How does the Operating system manage peripherals?Using drivers to communicate with the devices
- 8What are drivers?Software that translates the operating system's instructions so the device can understand them
- 9What is virtual memory?Memory that is stored on the hard disk when there is not enough physical RAM.
- 10Why is virtual memory needed?There is sometimes not enough physical RAM to handle all the programs running.
- 11What is the problem with virtual memory?It is significantly slower than RAM.
- 12What are common file management operations?Save, open, rename, copy, move, delete data.
- 13What does user security management mean?Allowing different users to log onto the same computer while retaining settings such as icons and desktop backgrounds
- 14What does biometrics mean?
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- GCSE Computing Flashcards on Computer Science Flashcards, created by Ella Ryves on 07/01/2022.
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