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Hardware, Software & System Software

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AQA A-level Computer Science (7517) Paper 2 — 4.6.1 Hardware and software: the relationship between hardware and software; classification of software into system software and application software; the need for and functions of operating systems, utility programs, libraries and translators; the ro…

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Lesson outline

  1. Do Now — Retrieval (4.5 recap)
  2. Hardware vs Software: Definitions
  3. Quick Check — Which Is Hardware?
  4. Hardware and Software: Examples
  5. Hinge Check — Is Windows Hardware?
  6. How Hardware and Software Depend on Each Other
  7. Quick Check — Hardware or Software?
  8. Classifying Software: System vs Application
  9. Hinge Check — Pre-installed ≠ System Software
  10. The Four Types of System Software
  11. Classify the System Software
  12. The Role of the Operating System
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