HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

1. VICTORIA LAINZ

2. Hardware

   • INTERNAL COMPONENTS
     • Video Card
       • generates video output
     • Sound Card
       • deals with the input and output of the sound
     • Internal Memory
       • RAM
         • volatile memory
       • ROM
         • non-volatile memory
     • Motherboard
       • main circuit board of a computer
     • Backing storage
       • the hard drive
     • Microprocessor
       • the brains of a computer,
     • Ports and connectors
       • Ports
         • USB
       • Other connectors
         • RJ45
         • VGA / DVI-VGA / HDMI
   • EXTERNAL COMPONENTS
     • moinitor
       • keyboard
         • mouse
           • printer
             • webcam
               • microphones

3. Software

   • BIOS
     • Basic input and output system
     • OPERATING SYSTEM
       • Program that makes the hardware usable.
         • Windows
         • Mac OS
         • Linux
       • PROGRAMS AND APLICATIONS
         • Program
           • A sequence of instructions that a computer is capable of interpreting and executing
         • Application
           • A program designed to facillitate a given typeof work.
   • THE PHYSICAL AND LOGICAL STRUCTURE OF INFORMATION
     • Logical structure
       • Hard disks consist of a boot sector and one or more partitions
     • File system
       • Windows- NTFS, FAT32
         • Linux-Ext3, Ext4, ReiserFS
           • Mac OS- HFS, HFS+
     • Files and folders
       • Sets of information that are stored on the disk drive.
   • SOFTWARE IN MOBILE DEVICES
     • Operating system
       • The software that enables us to use the phone or tablet hardware and applications.
         • Android
         • iOS
         • Windows 10