1.1 hardware and software • define hardware as consisting of physical components of a computer system • identify internal hardware devices (e.g. processor, motherboards, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), video cards, sound cards and internal hard disk drives) • identify external hardware devices and peripherals (such as monitors, keyboards, mice, keyboards, printers as input and output devices and external storage devices in general) • define software as programs for controlling the operation of a computer or processing of electronic data • identify the two types of software – applications software and system software • define applications software (e.g. word processing, spreadsheet, database management systems, control software, measuring software, applets and apps, photo-editing software, videoediting software, graphics manipulation software) • define system software (e.g. compilers, linkers, device drivers, operating systems and utilities)

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