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OCR: COMPUTEF YSTEM I Computer System Basics computer systerm includes computer peripheral dey ices, and software The electric electr ronic and mechanical devi ices used for processing data are referred harcware Ir addition to the computer itself, the te rm "hardware' refers to components called peripheral devices that expand the computer's input output, and storage capabil- ities. Computer hardware in and of itse If does not provide particularly useful I mind tool. To be useful, computei requires set of instructions called software or computer program which tells the computer how perform particular task. Computers become even more effective when connecte d to other computers in a network s0 users can share information. Softwa re does a compute need software? computer without software is like r ...