HARDWARE & SOFTWARE

HARDWARE & SOFTWARE

1. HARDWARE

   • hardware is a general term for the physical components that make up a computer, e.g. keyboard, mouse, monitor, processor, circuit board

2. SOFTWARE

   • software is a general term for the programs that control the computer system:
     • applications software: programs that allow the user to perform specific tasks, e.g. spreadsheets
     • systems software: program,s that allow the hardware to run properly, e.g. operating systems

3. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE?

   • computer hardware is the physical components that make up the computer system while software is the instructions that tell computer hardware what to do, hardware is usless without software to run on it and similarly software is useless without hardware to run it on