Software Moving onto the second layer of the model, there are two types software in a computer which is System Software: Operating System(Mac OS X, Windows, Linux) and Firmware. ... The Firmware is a program that is created by computer codes being embedded onto a piece of hardware itself, simple definition it's a 'software for the hardware'. ... The Operating System is always installed on the computer by the company, without an Operating System the whole computer would be useless. ... The World Wide Web(WWW) is a system that is used on the Internet, it is frequently kno...

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Leibniz made a machine that could also multiply and worked on a system of dials and gears. ... This approach would not have existed if it wasn't for work done by George Boole (1815 - 1864) who clarified the binary system of algebra, which stated that any mathematical equations could be stated simply as either true or false. ... In the paper Turing concluded that by his definition of thinking, it was possible to make intelligent machines. ...

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