ANA300Y1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Laptop, Operating System, Application Software
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Hardware components consist of the system unit and peripheral devices, those devices such as monitors and printers are connected to the computer. Other hardware devices, such as routers, help a computer communicate with other computers to facilitate sharing documents and other resources. Together the system unit and peripheral devices perform four main functions: input data, process inputted data, output, store the data and information. Computer language binary language: everything a computer does is broken down into a series of 0s and 1s. Software a set of computer programs that enables the hardware to perform different tasks. Two types of software: application software is the set of programs you use on a computer to help you carry out tasks. This involves the use of spreadsheets, typing documents, editing pictures: system software set of progra(cid:373)s that e(cid:374)a(cid:271)les your (cid:272)o(cid:373)puter"s hard(cid:449)are de(cid:448)i(cid:272)es a(cid:374)d application software to work together.
