Sunday, September 1, 2013

Computer Hardware

Computer - Hardware

Hardware represents the physical and tangible components of the computer i.e. the
components that can be seen and touched.

Examples of Hardware are following.

Input devices -- keyboard, mouse etc.

Output devices -- printer, monitor etc.

Secondary storage devices -- Hard disk, CD, DVD etc.

Internal components -- CPU, motherboard, RAM etc.






Relationship between Hardware and Software Mutually dependent.

*Both of them must work together to make computer produce a useful output.
 Software cannot be utilized without supporting hardware.

*Hardware without set of programs to operate upon cannot be utilized and is useless.
 To get a particular job done on the computer, relevant software should be loaded into
 the hardware

*Hardware is a one time expense.

*Software development is very expensive and is a continuing expense.

*Different software can be loaded on a hardware to run different jobs.

*A software acts as an interface between the user and the hardware.

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