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Apple IIe Owner's Manual
Chapter 1: Meet Your Apple IIe
Two words that get thrown around a lot in conversations about computers are
hardware and
software.
Hardware refers to the
computer, the disk drive, the monitor, and any other piece of equipment
you can see, touch, and connect to your computer. The individual hardware components that you
attach to your computer are called
peripheral devices (because they are peripheral to the
computer itself). Peripheral device is a mouthful, so the expression is usually shortened to
device or peripheral.
Software refers to the instructions,
called programs, that tell the computer what to do....