nursing informatics .2 Flashcards by Katrina Andal | Brainscape

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the general term applied to the instructions that direct the computer’s hardware to perform work. it is distinguished from hardware by its conceptual rather than physical nature

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software

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it is consist of physical components, whereas software consists of instructions communicated electronically to the hardware. software is needed for two purposes

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hardware

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is supplied as organized instruction sets called programs, or more typically a set of related programs called a package

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software

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______ translate operations the user needs into language and instructions that the computer can understand.

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programs

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is a merely a collection of printed circuits, plastics, metals, and wires.

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computer hardware

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