types and components of a computer system

types and components of a computer system

1. The impact of emerging tecnologies

   • Artificial intelligence
   • vision enhancement
   • robotics
   • quantum cryptopgraphy
   • computer assited translation (CAT)
   • 3-D and bolographic imaging
   • virtual reality

2. Hardware

   • Physical components of a computer
   • Examples: keyboard, mouse, monitor, printer.

3. software

   • Internal components of a computer system
   • Examples: wordprocessor, apps, photo editing software, video editing software, apps, database, graphs manipulation software

4. Operating systems( special type of software)

   • Control of the operation of the iunput , output and backing storage devices.
   • supervising the loading, running and storage of applications programs.
   • dealing with errors that occurs in application programs.
   • maintaining security of the whole computer system
   • maintaing a computer log (which details computer usage)
   • allowing communication between the user and the computer system (user interface)

5. the main components of a computer system

   • Input devices. Example: keyboard, mouse.
   • Cutput devices. Examples: monitor, printer
   • secondary storage devices. Examples: DVD, removable hard disc drive