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  1. Make a table with the two headings Hardware / Software and put each of the following 10 items under the correct heading:
Floppy disk

Printer

Microsoft Word

Monitor

Spreadsheet

Windows 95

Keyboard

Mouse

Canon printer driver

Internet Explorer

  1. Make a table with the three headings Input Devices / Storage Devices / Output Devices and put each of the following 10 items under the correct heading:
Floppy disk

Keyboard

Monitor

Scanner

Dat tape

 Printer

Mouse

Bar code reader

Hard disk

Temperature sensor
  1. Put the following in order of speed of access, starting with the fastest:
    Floppy disk, CD-ROM, Hard disk
  2. Put the following in order of storage capacity, starting with the highest:
    Floppy disk, CD-ROM, Hard disk
  3. Which one of the above would you use to take your work away in order to finish it on a computer at home or elsewhere?
  4. The word CD-ROM is an acronym (a word made up from the initials of other words). CD stands for Compact Disk. What do the letters ROM stand for?
  5. Name the Communication Device used to connect two computers via the telephone network.

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