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HOW DOES COMPUTERS WORK (SOFTWARE ((APPLICATION SOFTWARE (They are…

- - - - They are applications or programs that allow the user make a specific task
        
        examples
        
        Word proccessor: it is used to manipulate text documents, such as an essay or a report.
        
        spreadsheet: used to organize or manipulate numrical data
        
        apps.: refers to type of software than runs on mobile phones or tablet, usually downloaded on app store
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        utilities: software that that has been designed to carry out specific computer tasks
        
        such as
        
        anti virus, antispyware, etc
        
        operating systems: software running in the back ground of a computer, manages many of the essential and basic functions of a computer
        
        device driver: name given to software that enables one or more hardware devices to communicate to computer´s operating system
- - - - motherboard: is the principal printed circuit, motherboard contains the cpu, makes that the other computer parts can communicate with each other
      - video card: allows the computer send graphical information to video display device, like monitor, television, etc.
      - RAM: random access memory is an internal chip in where data is temporarily stored when using applications