IGCSE ICT Software and Hardware

Describe What is Hardware ?

• is the general term for the physical components that make up a typical computer system

• is the general term used for the programs that control the computer system and process data.

Describe what is Software ?

• is the general term used for the programs that control the computer system and process data.

• is the general term for the physical components that make up a typical computer system

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Internal Hardware

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(b) External Harware

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• Monitor

• Printer

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• RAM

• ROM

Match the following

• Application Software

• Word Processing

• Application Software

• Operating System

• System Software

• Linker

• System Software

• Graphic editing software

Volatile memory

Non Volatile Memory

Temporary Memory device

Permanent Memory device

Operating system interface types

• Command line interface, Graphical user interface, Dialogue base interface and AI

• Graphical user interface, Command line interface, VR and Dialogue base interface

• Command line interface, Graphical user interface, Dialogue base interface and Gesture based interface

• Command line interface, VR, Gesture based interface and AI

Advantages of Command line interface

• all command need to type in

• it is possible to alter computer configuration setting

• the user is direct communication with the computer

• the user need to learn the command