week 1 Computer

Basic Computer Operations, Hardware & Software

1) Basic operations that a computer can perform.

• Input

• Output

• Processing

• Storage

Others:

• Communication

2) Computer Hardware:

Computer hardware is collection of physical elements that comprise a computer system. Computer hardware refers to physical parts or components of computer such as monitor, keyboard, hard disc, mouse, etc.

3) Computer Software:

Is collection of computer programs and related data that provides the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it. Software refers to one or more computer programs and data held in storage of the computer of the computer for some reason. There are two types of software.

• Application Software:

Is a computer software help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples including accounting software, office, graphic software and media players.

• System Software:

Is a computer software or operating system designed to operate and control the computer hardware and to provide a platform for running application software. Device drivers such as computer BIOS and device firmware provide basic functionality to operate and control the hardware connected to or built into the computer. The operating system(prominent examples being z/OS, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux).

My Reflection about topic

Studding about computer hardware & software helps me a lot in my daily life these are small things which we should know because now a days every thing is being used by computers so we must know this basic information about computers. we study about software and hardware as well there types usage function and how can we find them. Our lecturer thought us very nicely about that. For more information regarding this topic. Click here.