Paper 2 · Hardware, software and computer applications
What term refers to the set of programs and instructions that control computer hardware and are used to solve a task?
Model answer
software
Also accepted: computer software
Explanation: Software is the set of programs that controls computer hardware, or the set of instructions to solve a certain problem.
Derived from ZIMSEC Computer Science 4021/2 Paper 2, November 2018, Q1
