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Today, most computer users buy, download, or share programs like Microsoft Word and Excel. 1_______. Most people see their computers as tools that help them do jobs, rather than complex electronic machines they have to pre-program – and that’s just as well, because most of us have better things to do than computer programming. 2_______. In other words, although we don’t really think of it this way, the computer can be reprogrammed as many times as you like. This is why programs are also called software. 3_______. By contrast, a computer’s hardware – the bits and pieces from which it is made (and the peripherals, like the mouse and printer, you plug into it) – is pretty much fixed when you buy it. 4_______. That computers can do so many different jobs is what makes them so useful – and that’s why millions of us can no longer live without them!
Hardly anyone writes programs any more
The beauty of a computer is that it can run a word-processing one minute – and then a photo-editing program five seconds later
They’re “soft” in the sense that they are not fixed: they can be changed easily
The hardware is what makes your computer powerful; the ability to run different software is what makes it flexible