Study Questions What are the five components that make up an information system? What are three examples of information system hardware? Microsoft Windows is an example of which component of information systems? What is application software? What roles do people play in information systems? What is the definition of a process? What was invented first, the personal computer or the Internet $($ARPANET$)?$ In what year were restrictions on commercial use of the Internet first lifted? When were eBay and Amazon founded? What does it mean to say we are in a $$post$-$PC world$?$ What is Carr$$s main argument about information technology?