Introduction To Computer Hardware

Computer Hardware is the physical part of a computer. The hardware is infrequently changed, while software and data are frequently changed. The term soft refers to readily created, modified, or erased. These are unlike the physical components within the computer which ae hard.

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Hardware

Hardware refers to the physical elements of a computer. This also sometimes called the machinery or the equipment of the computer. Examples of hardware in a computer are the keyboard, monitor, mouse, and the processing unit. A computer's hardware is comprised of many different parts, but perhaps the most important one is the Motherboard. Hardware is limited to specifically designed tasks that are, taken independently and very simple.

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Software

Software, commonly known as programs, consist of all the electronic instructions that tell the hardware how to perform the task. These instructions come from a software developer in the form that will be accepted by the platform that they are based on. The software is capable of many tasks as opposed to the hardware which only perform mechanically tasks that they are designed for. Software is the electronic instructions that tells the computer to perform a task.

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