ABSTRACT
The point is that you really don’t have any choice about the limitless impact computing has on your life. The only choice is how to respond; you can choose to educate yourself about computers and learn to use them to your advantage, or you can choose the path of the luddite. (The word “luddite” was included in the English language not so long ago, specifically to label the person who is technology ignorant.)
We use the terms computer or computer system to refer to a collection of computer hardware and software.* Computer hardware includes all of the physical devices that collectively constitute the item we think of as a
desktop or a laptop computer. Such items as keyboards, LCD, computer memory, disk drives, CD and DVD drives, mice and track pads, and processors are typical parts of computer hardware.
