Hardware & Software

Question 1

Define hardware

Answer 1

Physical parts of a computer

Question 2

Define software

Answer 2

Any program

Question 3

Define resource management

Answer 3

How an OS manages hardware & software to optimise the performance of the computer

Question 4

Define peripherals

Answer 4

External hardware

Question 5

Define application software

Answer 5

Programs the user uses in order to complete a task

Question 6

Define system software

Answer 6

Covers a range of progress with setting up and running the computer

Question 7

Define processor

Answer 7

A device that carries out algorithms

Question 8

Define scheduling

Answer 8

A technique to ensure that different programs are able to work on the same computer system at the same time

Question 9

Define memory mangement

Answer 9

How the OS used RAM to optimise the performance of the computer

Question 10

Define file management

Answer 10

How an OS stores and retrieves files

Question 11

Define utility program

Answer 11

Programs that perform specific common tasks related to running the computer

Question 12

Define library programs

Answer 12

Code, data and resources that can be called by other programs

Question 13

Define translators

Answer 13

Software that converts programming language instructions into machine code

Question 14

What are the three transitors

Answer 14

• Compilers
• Assemblers
• Interpreters

Question 15

Define compiler

Answer 15

A program that translates a high-level language into machine code

Question 16

Define assembler

Answer 16

A program that translates a program written in assembly language to machine code

Question 17

Define interpreter

Answer 17

A program for translating a high-level language by recording each statement in the source code and immediately performing the action