Paper 2 · Hardware, software and computer applications
What term refers to the physical, tangible components of a computer system, such as the keyboard, mouse and scanner?
Model answer
hardware
Also accepted: computer hardware
Explanation: Hardware refers to the physical/tangible components of a computer system, e.g. keyboard, mouse, scanner.
Derived from ZIMSEC Computer Science 4021/2 Paper 2, November 2018, Q1

