EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WELL
1. Hardware: Physical parts of a computer and relates devices.
2. Internal Hardware: Internal hardware devices include motherboards, hard drives
and RAM. they are often referred to as components.
3. External Hardware: external hardware devices include monitors, keyboards,
mice, etc.
4. Peripherals: - communicates and work with a computer
- extend the capabilities of a computer system
- they are NOT ESSENTIAL parts of the computer.
They are:
- printers
- scanners
- card readers
5. Software: - sets of instructions understood by a CPU.
- includes software programs, applications, scripts, and instruction sets
- sometimes difficult to describe because it belongs to the "virtual" world, not physical
like computer hardware.
- software consists of lines of code written by software developers.
- comprises programs and data.
6. Network: - set of computer systems that are interconnected and share resources,
as well as data.
- can include not only computer, but any device that has network capabilities, so
smartphones, tablets, etc.
- Two main categories: LANs and WANs
7. Human resources: - People who work for a company or organisation.
- Usually with HR we consider the department responsible for managing resources
related to employees.
- Often referred to as the end-users of a system.
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1. Hardware: Physical parts of a computer and relates devices.
2. Internal Hardware: Internal hardware devices include motherboards, hard drives
and RAM. they are often referred to as components.
3. External Hardware: external hardware devices include monitors, keyboards,
mice, etc.
4. Peripherals: - communicates and work with a computer
- extend the capabilities of a computer system
- they are NOT ESSENTIAL parts of the computer.
They are:
- printers
- scanners
- card readers
5. Software: - sets of instructions understood by a CPU.
- includes software programs, applications, scripts, and instruction sets
- sometimes difficult to describe because it belongs to the "virtual" world, not physical
like computer hardware.
- software consists of lines of code written by software developers.
- comprises programs and data.
6. Network: - set of computer systems that are interconnected and share resources,
as well as data.
- can include not only computer, but any device that has network capabilities, so
smartphones, tablets, etc.
- Two main categories: LANs and WANs
7. Human resources: - People who work for a company or organisation.
- Usually with HR we consider the department responsible for managing resources
related to employees.
- Often referred to as the end-users of a system.
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