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 softwares can be loaded on a hardware to run different jobs.
- A software acts as an interface between the user and the hardware.
- If hardware is the 'heart' of a computer system, then software is its 'soul'. Both are complimentary to each other.
