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Which option correctly classifies the two items?.
- A.A physical keyboard is hardware; a word-processing program is software
- B.A physical keyboard is software; a word-processing program is hardware
- C.Both a physical keyboard and a word-processing program are hardware
- D.Both a physical keyboard and a word-processing program are software
Model answer
What a good answer should say
- A physical keyboard is hardware; a word-processing program is software
Explanation
Why this works
The keyboard is a physical part of the system, so it is hardware. The word-processing program is a set of instructions, so it is software.
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