Computer Science / Unit 5 CS 0231 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Computer System
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The idea
A computer system consists of two major parts: hardware, the physical components, and software, the programs executed plus the data those programs need to function.
In practice
A media player is a program; the songs it plays are data; the chip beneath is hardware.
Where people slip
All three show up in every computation.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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