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Any physical device or equipment used in or with a computer system (anything you can see and touch)
hardware
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Any hardware device that is located outside the computer
external hardware devices (peripherals)
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A piece of hardware device which is used to enter information to a computer for processing
input devices
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Input devices:
— keyboard — mouse — trackpad — touchscreen — microphone — joystick — light pen — webcam — speech input
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A piece of hardware device that receives information from a computer
output devices
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Output devices:
— monitor — display screen — speaker — headphone — printer — scanner — projector
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Any piece of hardware device that is located inside the computer
internal hardware devices
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Internal hardware devices:
— cpu — hdd — rom — ram
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A set of instructions or programs that tells a computer what to do or how to perform a specific task (computer software runs on hardware)
software
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Main types of software:
— application software — system software
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A computer program that provides users with tools to accomplish a specific task — word processing — spreadsheet — internet browsers
application software
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It is designed to run a computer’s hardware and application software, and make the computer system available for use
system software
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It serves as the interface between hardware, application software, and the user
system software
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Allocating system resources, managing storage pace, storing and retrieval of files, providing security, etc
main functions of system software
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Main types of system software:
— operating system — device driver — utility software — programming software
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A software that controls and coordinates the computer hardware devices and runs other software and applications on a computer
operating system (OS)
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It is the main part of system software and a computer will not function without it
OS
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Booting the computer, managing system resources (CPU, memory, storage devices, printer, etc.), managing files, handling input and output, executing and providing services for application software
main function of OS
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Examples of OS:
— ms windows — apple ios — android os — mac os — linux
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A software program that is designed to control a particular hardware device that is attached to a computer
device driver
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It acts as a translator between the hardware device and operating systems or applications that use it
device driver
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It instructs computer on how to communicate with the device by translating the operating system’s instructions into a language that a device can understand in order to perform the necessary task
device driver
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Examples of device driver:
— usb — rom — printer — display — motherboard — sound card ALL DRIVER
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A type of system software that helps set up, analyze, configure, strengthen, maintain a computer and performs a very specific task (e.g. antivirus software, backup software, memory tester, screen saver)
utility software