Computer Fundamentals

List names of at least five packaging programs.

Distinguish between hardware and software.

Define the terms: software, system software, application software and package program.

Calculate the capacity of a hard disk having 1632 cylinders, 12 heads, 54 sectors/track.

Calculate the capacity of a 2-sided floppy disk having 80 tracks and 36 sectors per track.

What is the CD-ROM? Describe its working principle.

Describe floppy disk and hard disk with a comparison between them.

Describe magnetic taps with advantages and disadvantages.

Distinguish between primary memory and secondary memory.

What the following acronym stands for: CD-ROM, WORM and CCD?