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Understanding Computer Hardware & Software

The document explains the basic components of a computer system, which are hardware and software. Hardware refers to the physical parts of a computer that can be seen and touched, while software consists of instructions that enable the hardware to function. It further categorizes hardware into input devices, output devices, and storage devices, highlighting their roles in the computing process.

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Understanding Computer Hardware & Software

The document explains the basic components of a computer system, which are hardware and software. Hardware refers to the physical parts of a computer that can be seen and touched, while software consists of instructions that enable the hardware to function. It further categorizes hardware into input devices, output devices, and storage devices, highlighting their roles in the computing process.

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Ch-1 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

Students!By now you must have understand that a computer


is an amazing machine that can do different types of jobs.
It has different parts that work together to form a computer
system.
The two basic parts of a computer system are:
HARDWARE. SOFTWARE
HARDWARE
The physical parts of a computer that you can see and touch
are called Hardware. A human body consists of different
[Link] outer parts of a body are visible, but the parts , like
brain 🧠,lungs,heart,etc., which are inside, cannot be seen.
Similary, in a computer 🖥, we can see the parts of the
hardware that are outside , like , monitor, keyboard,etc.
They are attached to the CPU. You can see them only see
them only when you open the CPU box ,like, hard disk, CPU
chip,etc.
The hardware of a computer 🖥 is further classified into three
parts -input,output,and Storage devices.
INPUT DEVICES
These are special types hardware devices that are used to
input words, numbers, sounds, or pictures into a computer 🖥.
These are called input devices, like, keyboard, mouse,
joystick, microphone , etc
OUT PUT DEVICES
The devices that display the information and results after
processing are called the output devices, like , monitor,
printer, etc.
STORAGE DEVICES
The devices used for storing data are called storage devices.
Hard disk is the main secondary storage device, where you
storage device, where you store the entire work that you do
on a computer 🖥. Some other important storage devices are:
SOFTWARE
Software is that part of a computer 🖥, which cannot be
touched. To make hardware work, we need to have software
in the system.
Let us go back to the working of a computer 🖥. Which of the
following is done by software?
Yes! Processing is done by software. It takes the input from
the the user, the user, processes it, and displays the output
on Montier.
Thus, we can define, software as a set of instructions given to
the computer 🖥 to do a particular work.

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