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1 1) hardware is the physical device that code runs on 2 software is the code itself, it tells the hardware what to do 3 2) core software that is needed for other software to run 4 3) software that the user uses to do things 5 4) to manage memory and allow for multitasking, as well as 6 abstracting the hardware from the user 7 5) to give each process the memory it needs and not allow 8 one process to read anothers memory 9 6) a driver that the operating sytstem uses to talk to a peice of hardware 10 7) a high level language abstracts away low level concepts, whereas a low level languge doesnt 11 8) a system designed for one use case 12 9) a low level langugue is better as it is faster and has a smaller footprint 13 10) i do this enough i cant be asked to describe it 14 11) see Q.10 15 12) many wires next to eachother that move data around quickly 16 13) it loses all state when power is lost 17 14) memory can only be read not written too 18 15)