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📌 Hardware is the concrete part of a computer system, whereas software is a set of program instructions stored in memory that defines the actions performed by the hardware.
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1. What does computer science combine in its study of information processing?
2. Which statement correctly distinguishes hardware from software?
3. What is the primary role of a microprocessor in a computer system?
What is computer science?
The science of processing information combining information with automation.
What distinguishes hardware from software in a computer system?
Hardware is the concrete part, software is program instructions in memory.
What is a microprocessor?
A complex integrated circuit that interprets and executes program instructions.
Who created the first microprocessor and when?
Intel in 1971.
What was the first microprocessor created by Intel?
The 4-bit 4004.
At what frequency did the Intel 4004 microprocessor operate?
At 108 kHz.
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