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1) hardware is the physical device that code runs on
software is the code itself, it tells the hardware what to do
2) core software that is needed for other software to run
3) software that the user uses to do things
4) to manage memory and allow for multitasking, as well as
abstracting the hardware from the user
5) to give each process the memory it needs and not allow
one process to read anothers memory
6) a driver that the operating sytstem uses to talk to a peice of hardware
7) a high level language abstracts away low level concepts, whereas a low level languge doesnt
8) a system designed for one use case
9) a low level langugue is better as it is faster and has a smaller footprint
10) i do this enough i cant be asked to describe it
11) see Q.10
12) many wires next to eachother that move data around quickly
13) it loses all state when power is lost
14) memory can only be read not written too
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