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1 COMPUTER
2 HARDWARE AND SOFTWAREXLMA Student learning IT and its
3 Two basic categories: HARDWARE and the categories of computers based on the roles of personal productivity, vertical market, and horizontal market 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
4 Student learning the roles of operating system SOFTWARE and utility SOFTWARE as components of system the purpose of each of the six major categories of 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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6 Introduction Information technology any COMPUTER -based tool that people use to work with information and support the information and information-processing needs of an organizationMcGraw-Hill 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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8 Technology Quick Tour HARDWARE physical devices that make up a COMPUTER (or COMPUTER system) SOFTWARE set of instructions that HARDWARE executes to carry out a specific task for youMcGraw-Hill 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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10 Six Categories of devices used to enter information and commandsMcGraw-Hill 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
