Hardware, software and networking

Hardware, software and networking

1. Components

   • Hard drives are designed to store large amounts of digital information
   • ROM stands for Read Only Memory. ROM is important to the computer's functionality because it retains all of the data even if the computer is powered off. ROM is usually what is used to store the data in order to even boot up a computer.

2. BIOS

   • Basic Input/Output System
   • BIOS instructs the computer on how to perform a number of basic functions such as booting and keyboard control.
   • BIOS is also used to identify and configure the hardware in a computer such as the hard drive, floppy drive, optical drive, CPU, memory, etc.

3. Operating systems

   • Linux Mint
   • Debian
   • Fedora
   • CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
   • openSUSE / SUSE Linux Enterprise
   • Operating system OS
     • Your computer's operating system (OS) manages all of the software and hardware on the computer.
   • 6 functions of the operating system
     • User interface
     • File managment
     • security
     • Peripheral management
     • MM and CPU management
     • Multitasking
   • Provides an interface between the user and the hardware

4. Utility software

   • Anti-virus
   • Firewall
   • Disk defragmenter
   • Automatic updates
   • disk cleanup

5. Networking

   • Wired.