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1. What is a Computer?

Computer is an electronic device that can process and stores the information or data.

2. What is Information?

Set of facts about human being or about an object are called as information.

3. What is Data?

Collection of information is called as data.

4. What is Data Storing?

Storing the data means keeping or holding the data in digital format.

5. What is processing?

Performing both logical and arithmetic operations according to user given instructions or user written program or installed software.

6. What is Computer Hardware?

The physical components of a computer system are called as computer hardware.

7. What is software?

Set of instructions or programs which will be used to control the operation of a computer system and to perform tasks are called as Software.

8. What is a Program?

A computer program, or just a program, is a sequence of instructions, written to perform a specified task with a computer.

9. What is firmware?

Software permanently stored in hardware (Ex: Software stored in BIOS).

10. What is Peripheral?

Input / Output device like Printer, Scanner, Web Camera etc. Those are not the part of the Computer, they are separate devices, for a specific purpose we are attaching them to Computer

11. What is a Computer system?

Computer with software installed and peripherals connected is called as computer system.