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Computer hardware includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the case, central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM), monitor, mouse, keyboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, speakers and ______.
motherboard
By contrast, software is the set of instructions that can be stored and run by ______.
hardware
Hardware is so-termed because it is 'hard' or rigid with respect to changes, whereas software is 'soft' because it is easy to ______.
change
Hardware is typically directed by the software to execute any command or ______.
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The template for all modern computers is the Von Neumann architecture, detailed in a 1945 paper by Hungarian mathematician John von Neumann. This describes a design architecture for an electronic digital computer with subdivisions of a processing unit consisting of an arithmetic logic unit and ______.
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