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The computer system has two
major components:
Hardware:
The equipment, or devices, associated with a computer
Software:
The instructions that tell the computer what to do
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Through
input devices, data enter the computer system. The piece of
hardware that processes data is the Central Processing Unit or
CPU. After the data has been processed the result is sent to a
printer, monitor or some other output device.
Software consists of all the instructions that control when the data are
input, how they are processes, and the form in which they are output or
stored.
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