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Relationship between hardware and software: Understand the relationship between hardware and software and be able to define the terms: • hardware • software. 72
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Which definition best describes hardware?
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The physical parts of a computer system
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- Hardware: The physical parts of a computer system.
- Software: The instructions and programs used by a computer system.
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Confusing a program with hardware: A program is software because it consists of instructions. Hardware refers to the physical parts of the system.
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