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the two main components of a computer system are?
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hardware and software
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What is hardware?
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a collection of components that function together as a system.
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List some common hardware components.
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printer, monitor, PC Video Camera, CD/DVD drive, hard disk drive, floppy disk,
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What is software?
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a detailed set of instruction
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List some common software components.
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Input devices such as keyboard, mouse and Output devices such as storage devices like floppy disk zip disks
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What piece of hardware allows a computer user to communicate via telephone lines of TV cables?
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Modem
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What pointing device is used with handheld computers?
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A Stylus
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Approximately how many bytes are ther in a Megabyte?
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approximately a million
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Approximately how many bytes are there in a kilobyte?
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approximately a thousand
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How many bits are there in a byte?
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8 bits in a byte
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