AQA Paper 2 - Fundamentals of computer systems 0.0 / 5 ? ComputingFundamentals of computer systemsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: The_Pimp_DaddyCreated on: 08-09-22 10:17 What is hardware? Physical equipment 1 of 11 What is software? Computer programs 2 of 11 What is system software? Software designed to run system hardware 3 of 11 What is application software? Software designed to run specific functions 4 of 11 What are 4 examples of system software? +Operating systems +Utility programs +Libraries +Translators (Compilers etc) 5 of 11 What is the role of an operating system? +Manages the Hardware +Allows multitasking +User Management 6 of 11 What are the two low-level languages? +Machine-code +Assembly language 7 of 11 What is the role of an assembler? Turns assembly language into machine code 8 of 11 What is the role of a compiler? Turns the source code into machine code 9 of 11 What is the role of an interpreter? Directly executes source code as instructions 10 of 11 Just a reminder: This topic includes a lot of Boolean + Logic Gates so go through the checklist to ensure confidence 11 of 11
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