Understanding Software and Hardware

Which best describes what is needed to make hardware function?

Different types of software must interact with each other.

What does the hard disk drive do?

It stores all of the information on a computer.

Tim is trying to explain to his aunt how her computer works, but she does not understand what a CPU does. Which description will most likely help Tim's aunt understand the CPU's role?

The CPU processes commands from software.

Which types of computer hardware are internal? Check all that apply.

[NOT] - the CPU - the monitor - the motherboard

How does hardware differ from software?

[NOT] Hardware runs the computer, whereas software performs tasks.

A computer's BIOS is defined as the

[NOT] instructions within hardware.

What does software alone enable a computer to do?

[NOT] interact with the user

Nina is trying to learn more about how computers work. She has repeatedly read that the motherboard is the "brain" of the computer. Nina has learned that the motherboard is considered the brain because it

[NOT] processes the data on the computer.

Gustavo is completing his homework online. When he uses a computer, what converts the information he inputs into instructions that the operating system understands?

[NOT] the BIOS

Computer hardware is best described as

[NOT] the system that operates a computer.

In terms of technology, software is defined as

a computer's applications and programs.

Web browsers, word processing software, and e-mail clients are examples of

application software.

The motherboard is considered the "brain" of a computer because it

connects a system's components.

Hardware and software work _____ to allow a user to perform a function.

jointly

What software controls a computer's basic functions?

the operating system