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| information technologies | devices that use electronics to gather, communicate, process, display and store information |
| computer | an electronic device that processes and stores data |
| hardware | the physical equipment that makes up a computer |
| software | instructions that tell computer hardware what to do |
| computer system | a collection of interrelated devices that work together to transform data into information |
| data | characters, symbols, or other raw unrelated material |
| information | data organized into useful, meaningful form |
| computer systems functions | input, processing, output and storage |
| communication technologies | technologies that tie together and transmit data throughout the different parts of a computer system |
| information system | a collection of computer systems, business procedures, and people |
