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Question 23

A student was asked to define hardware and software. They wrote the following definition in their exam:

'Hardware refers to any digital file that is saved permanently onto a storage drive because it becomes hard to extract, whereas software refers only to light, flexible physical components like USB cables and mouse pads.'

Explain two mistakes the student has made.

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Hardware and software Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Computer Science
  3. /Hardware and software

48 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Computer Science Hardware and software. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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