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Types and components of a computer systems

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What is a computer?HardwareSoftwareMain Components of a ComputerMain Internal MemoryTypes of computer, over time

What is a computer

A computer is, at its most basic, a machine which can take instructions, and perform computations based on those instructions.

Hardware

The physical parts of ma computer , parts you can feel or touch.

Printer, mouse, pen drives and the mother board are examples of hardware.

Software

It is set of instructions that make the computer do something.

2 types: Operating Systems: The operating system controls

your computer's tasks and manages system resources to optimize performance.

Applications: We may refer them as programs. There are plenty of programs a computer can use, for example: text producer, games and a lot more.

Main Components of a Computer

A computer is a device or a group of devices , designed to do something , such us process information.

Input device: used to put data into the computerProcessor: does something with the data given by

the input deviceOutput device: Is used to tell someone what the

result of the processor wasStorage device: This stores the things that are

important for the computer

Main Internal memory

MAIN MEMORY: It is used to store all the data and instructions which the computer is going to use.

This main memory is electrical.