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Hardware & Software

Computer Hardware & Software

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Monitor the primary device for displaying information from the computer
Tower metal casing that holds all of computers components. For example: motherboard, hard drive, etc...
Keyboard the primary device for entering information into the computer
Mouse the primary device for navigating and interacting with the computer
USB Ports Universal Serial Bus - most widely used interface for connecting devices to a computer
Hard Drive store data
RAM - Random Access Memory makes things easier for the computer to access
ROM - Read Only Memory small memory chip only used at start up
Processor sends & receives information, completes task, makes things work smoothly
Software a set of programs and procedures that are intended to perfrom some tasks on a computer system - makes the computer useful. Two types are the Operating System Software and Software Application Programs.
Operating System Software (OS) is a software system that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate the computer software - without the OS the computer would be useless
Software Application Programs set of instructions that tell the computer what to do - used to accomplish specific tasks like manipulating text, numbers and graphics. For example, making a letter, working in a spreadsheet or creating a slide show or movie
Different types of Operating System Software Windows, Mac, Unix, Linux
Different types of Software Application Programs Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Movie Maker, Accelerated Reader
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