Exercise 8.6. Which of the listed below statements are true/false. Specify your answer using the text
1) Computer is an electronic device therefore hardware is a system of electronic devices.
2) The purpose of the input hardware is to collect data and convert it into a form suitable for computer process¬ing.
3) Scanner is used to input graphics only.
4) The purpose of processing hardware is to retrieve, interpret and direct the execution of software instruc-tions provided to the computer.
5) CPU reads and interprets software and prints the results on paper.
6) User is unable to change the contents of ROM.
7) 5.25" floppy disks are used more often because they are flexible and have more capacity than 3.5" disks.
5) Printer is a processing hardware because its pur¬pose is to show the information produced by the system.
6) Modem is an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data from one computer to another via telephone or other communication lines.
7) The purpose of storage hardware is to store com¬puter instructions and data in a form that is relatively permanent and retrieve them when needed for process¬ing.
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The American novelist J.D Salinger wrote The Catcher in the Rye in 1951. It became a best-seller all over the world. The main character is a teenager called Holden Caulfield. The setting is the USA in the 1950s. At the beginning of the story, Holden is at boarding school. The school expels him and the story is about three days he spends alone in New York. The themes of the book are growing up and how false adults can be.The ending is a bit mysterious because the reader isn't sure what will happen to Holden.