Hardware and software ppt
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Computer hardware refers to the physical components of a computer system, including monitors, keyboards, storage devices, chips and other components that can be touched. Computer software contains instructions that direct the computer's processor to perform tasks. Input devices, like keyboards, mice and scanners, are used to provide data and control signals to computers. Output devices, such as displays and printers, present the results of data processing in a human-readable form.
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- 2. Computer hardware is the collection of physical elements that constitute a computer system. Computer hardware refers to the physical parts or components of a computer such as monitor, keyboard, Computer data storage, hard drive disk, mouse, CPU (graphic cards, sound cards, memory, motherboard and chips), etc. all of which are physical objects that you can actually touch. In
- 4. Computer software, or just software, is any set of machine-readable instructions (most often in the form of a computer program) that directs a computer's processor to perform specific operations. The term is used to contrast with computer hardware, the physical objects (processor and related devices) that carry out the instructions
- 6. In computing, an input device is any peripheral (piece of computer hardware equipment) used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system such as a computer or other information appliance. Examples of input devices include keyboards, mice, scanners, d igital cameras and joysticks.
- 8. An output device is any piece of computer hardware equipment used to communicate the results of data processing carried out by an information processing system which converts the electronically generated information into human- readable form.