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Task 2: Answer the questions to the text
1. When did the company take its current name?______________________________________
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2. What were initial steps of the company?___________________________________________
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3. What model is Model 360? __________________________________________________
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4. “IBM abandoned the high-performance supercomputer market in the 1960s” Why did it happen? ______________________________________________________________________
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13. COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Task 1: Prepare a PPT (PowerPoint presentation) either using the given material or additional sources
Computer Software Definition
What is computer software? Computer software refers to programming code that is executed on the computer hardware that facilitates the completion of tasks by a computer. What is a computer program? A computer program is a specific sequence of instructions written in programming code that is carried out by a computer processor to complete a specific task. Thus, a computer program is a piece of software designed for a certain use or task.
Computer software examples include operating systems, which allow for easy use of a computer's processing power, as well as applications like Notepad and Firefox. Software can be physically stored on the hard drive or at another location such as a USB drive, or it can be cloud-based and hosted over the internet.