AS OCR COMPUTING KEY TERMS

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Hardware
Physical components of a computer system
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Software
Programs which provide a platform between the user and the hardware, allowing the user to do something useful with the computer
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Input Device
 A device which allows a user to tell the computer what to do, or input data into a system.  Keyboard, Mouse, Microphone
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Storage Device
 A device which stores user and data files, along with instructions for the computer.  HDD, RAM, ROM, Flash drive, CD ROM, CDRW
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Output Device
 A device which displays the result of computer commands in a form that the user can understand  Monitor, Printer (Touch screen is both an input and output)
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Batch
o Allows large amounts of information to be processed at once. Takes lots of inputs then processes them all at once, without user input during processes. o E.g., workers registering at the start of the day, or calculating the pay for workers, for the
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Programs which provide a platform between the user and the hardware, allowing the user to do something useful with the computer

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Software

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 A device which allows a user to tell the computer what to do, or input data into a system.  Keyboard, Mouse, Microphone

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Card 4

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 A device which stores user and data files, along with instructions for the computer.  HDD, RAM, ROM, Flash drive, CD ROM, CDRW

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Card 5

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 A device which displays the result of computer commands in a form that the user can understand  Monitor, Printer (Touch screen is both an input and output)

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