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Overview of Hardware and Software Components

The document provides an overview of software and hardware, defining software as a set of logical elements necessary for performing specific tasks and categorizing it into system software and application software. It also explains hardware as the physical components of a computer, detailing input and output devices, as well as basic and complementary hardware. The content is part of a teaching material prepared by students at Las Cumbres II School for a first-year Informatics course.

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Overview of Hardware and Software Components

The document provides an overview of software and hardware, defining software as a set of logical elements necessary for performing specific tasks and categorizing it into system software and application software. It also explains hardware as the physical components of a computer, detailing input and output devices, as well as basic and complementary hardware. The content is part of a teaching material prepared by students at Las Cumbres II School for a first-year Informatics course.

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What is software? user with the hardware.

Includes also:
device drivers or DLLs, LAS CUMBRES II SCHOOL

E the support of
computer system
what encompasses the
diagnostic tools, of correction
action, optimization, servers and utility-
des.
COURSE: FIRST YEAR "B"
ASIGNATURA:NFORMÁTICA
PROFESOR: HERNAN FERMIN
set of the compo- Software de Programación
necessary logical elements Help to the people in charge of
that make the realization of system development in creation and
specific tasks according to the data of applications, using knowledge
introduced by the devices of gics and programming. We mention the
entry. They are not such components- following: text editors, compiled- HARDWARE
gibles because it is not possible to touch them,
resources, interpreters, linkers, debugged YSOFTWARE
due to its non-physical or virtual nature. Integrated Development Environments
Types of software (IDE).
Without a doubt, many people think that Application Software
we can classify software as It is the one we use day by day, each
a thousand ways, however, if you search-
one of the programs, applications or uti-
we are making a classification understood-
qualities that we handle within our Students who work in a team
so for the normal user,
we must classify them as follows computer, results from programming to prepare this teaching material
way of the software, focused on one of co:
System Software operating systems are the software Gabriela Contreras
The system software, let's say that designed for the end user. Among them García Daniela
we have: Office applications, soft-
it is the essential part, in it not only- Irausquin María
Mind can classify the systems- educational, medical, design, em-
more operating systems like Linux, Windows business, video games, communications by
Internet like Skype, WhatsApp and others
Baruta, 15 de mayo 2017
the Mac, Hardware and the operating system

rative, it also allows to communicate to


How is it composed of the fundamental and essential pieces
Input devices
for the computer to work that
computer?
A computer is composed of two
they can be found inside the computer
inside or outside of it, they find themselves C we enter the data on them
to the computer for your
process, as they convert the in-
main parts: Hardware and inside the cabinet of the PC, or inside
of the known laptops training in signal information
Software. in electrical signals that are soul-
as a laptop or minilaptop.
What is hardware? they are in the central memory. For

s
Within the team we find, among
other devices: the hard drive, the card- example:
on the ele- Keyboard
your mother, who contains the microprocessor
mentos that mouse, my-
the CPU or the "brain" of a system in-
we can play by microphone
format the RAM. In it
the computer web cam
they connect, through cables or directly, the
even more, they are to-
optical pencil
expansion cards, for example: card-
of the components with, scanner
video pile, of network.
tests and devices and others.
physical and tangible elements that form a
Among the basic external devices and
connected by cables or USB ports, you-
computers that are used for
nemos: monitor, teclado, ratón, cornetas Output devices
that a computer or any device

R
speakers and cameras. they receive information from the
electronic can function and execute
for the tasks for which they have been Complementary hardware computer, its function is
designed.

In general, the components


T all those additional devices
non-essential such as: im-
printer, scanner, digital video camera
eminently receptive and only
send information from the computer
Hardware is divided into: Hard- such as, webcam, among others.
adapter for other devices
Basic Software and Complementary Hardware to generate: letters, images or sound-
tario. In more detail, the elements nidos. Among these devices is-
hardware electronics classify the printer, the marker or
Basic hardware input devices and dis- plotter, the CD recorder and the
They are all those devices or output positives. screen or monitor, among others.

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