COMPUTER SOFTWARE
OPERATING SYSTEMS
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Question
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A driver is a piece of software designed to tell a peripheral what to do.
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Any input, output or storage device that connects to a motherboard. (keyboard, mouse, web cam, printer, hard disk drive)
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A peripheral device is an internal or external device that connects directly to a computer or other digital device but does not contribute to the computer’s primary function, such as computing. It helps end users access and use the functionalities of a computer.
Detailed explanation-2: -A peripheral device is an auxiliary device that connects and works with the computer for input, output, or storage. An input device provides data and an output device transmits the data processing results. Peripheral refers to an external piece of a computer hardware device.
Detailed explanation-3: -Peripheral device. An input/output unit of a system that feeds data into and/or receives data from the central processing unit of a digital device.
Detailed explanation-4: -The most common peripherals are a printer, scanner, keyboard, mouse, tape device, microphone, and external modem that are externally connected to the computer.
Detailed explanation-5: -Motherboards can be found in virtually all computers, especially desktop and laptop PCs. The components that connect through them include chipsets, central processing units (CPU) and memory. The external peripherals include Wi-Fi, Ethernet and graphics cards with the graphics processing unit, or GPU.