Faster, cheaper, and capable of storing more data The history of computing hardware is the record of the ongoing effort to make computer hardware faster, cheaper, and capable of storing more data 124.78 Kb. 1
Activity 3 Count Me In Introduction A computer—whether a laptop, a smartphone, or a computer under the hood of a car—follows one instruction at a time. Each instruction tells a processor to do one simple task such as “add two numbers together 37.24 Kb. 1
Pre-course material list of topics In contrast, software is information stored by hardware. Software is any set of machine-readable instructions that directs a computer's processor to perform specific operations. A combination of hardware and software forms a usable 1.12 Mb. 8