An introductory course
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As we have previously mentioned, the computer itself is simply a collection of chips and circuit boards which are useless without software. Application software is what you do work with, i.e. your word processor or database etc, but the application software itself needs an operating system to run within. The operating system, however, needs something called a basic input/output system (BIOS) to operate. This is software but stored in ROM (Read Only Memory) on chips, and tells the computer what to do when it is first switched on.
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1983 ◽
Vol 62
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pp. 255-273
2019 ◽
2019 ◽
Vol 24
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pp. 160
2020 ◽