Hardware
Hardware is any part of the computer that you can physically touch, pick up, hold, move around the room etc.
Examples of hardware include the monitor, mouse, hard disk, motherboard etc.
Examples of hardware include the monitor, mouse, hard disk, motherboard etc.
Software
Software are the applications and programming instructions needed to make the computer hardware do useful work.
Some examples of systems software which tells the computer what to do:
- Operating System
- Utilities
- User Interface
Some examples of application software which allow you to do your work:
- Word processors such as Microsoft Word
- Spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel
- Databases such as Microsoft Access
Some examples of systems software which tells the computer what to do:
- Operating System
- Utilities
- User Interface
Some examples of application software which allow you to do your work:
- Word processors such as Microsoft Word
- Spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel
- Databases such as Microsoft Access
peripheral
A peripheral is any hardware device which connects to the computer and is controlled by the Central Processing Unit (CPU) -with the exception of memory.
Examples are:
- monitor
- keyboard
- mouse
- printer
- scanner
- speakers
- external hard drives
Examples are:
- monitor
- keyboard
- mouse
- printer
- scanner
- speakers
- external hard drives