What Is Software

question 2

Multiple Choice

What is software?

• A)Any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and support the information and information-processing needs of an organization
• B)The set of instructions that the hardware executes to carry out specific tasks
• C)The physical devices associated with a computer system
• D)An electronic device operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory that can accept, manipulate, and store data

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Definitions:

Sampling Frequency

The rate at which samples are taken or recorded from a continuous signal or population for analysis.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected in a sample from a population for the purpose of statistical analysis.

Standard Deviation

An algorithm for assessing how spread out or varied a series of data points is.

Instability

Instability refers to the lack of consistency or predictability in data, indicating significant variance over time.