1) What does the term «computer» describe?
-The term computer is used to describe a device made up of a combination of electronic and electromechanical (part electronic and part mechanical) components.
2) What are five components of computer system?
-A computer system is a combination of five elements: • Hardware • Software • People • Procedures • Data/information
3) What is connectivity?
- When one computer system is set up to communicate with another computer system, connectivity becomes the sixth system element. In other words, the manner in which the various individual systems are connected — for example, by phone lines, microwave transmission, or satellite - is an element of the total computer system.
4) What is software? What's the difference between hardware and software?
-Software is the term used to describe the instructions that tell the hardware how to perform a task. Computer has no intelligence by itself and is referred to as hardware.Without software instructions, the hardware doesn't know what to do.