1. Introduction

In the previous section you were introduced to the 'brain' of the computer, namely the CPU.

You also learned about different things which could affect the performance of a computer.

Over the last six lessons you have found out about the main hardware needed to run a computer system.

You are now going to learn about different types of software.

This next section will remind you about the definition of software and will then introduce you to the different categories of software that you need to know about.

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