Hardware and Software Hardware: physical components that make up a computer system (keyboard‚ mouse) Software: programs that control the computer system with 2 types Systems software: allow the hardware to run properly Applications software: allow the user to do specific tasks Components of Computer Systems A computer is made up of hardware and software with: Input devices (inputting the data into the computer)- keyboard‚ mouse Output devices (data output from a computer)- monitor‚ printer
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Current trends in hardware and software include the increasing use of reduced instruction-set computing‚ movement to the UNIX operating system which is the development of large software libraries‚ microprocessor-based smart terminals that allow remote validation of data‚ speech synthesis and recognition‚ application generators‚ now in fourth-generation languages‚ computer-aided software engineering‚ object-oriented technologies‚ and artificial intelligence. The computer industry and its products
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The Basic Computer Hardware Central Processing Unit: The central unit is the basic part of the computer and includes all the main computer parts. It is the heart of the computer system. It is responsible for executing‚ or running the software. The software programs are translated into a series of codes made up of 1s to 0s that the CPU can understand. Every code means a certain operation should take place. A CPU has various discrete units to help it in these tasks for example there is an arithmetic
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Solid State Drives Garfield Richards CIS 512 The Architecture of Computer Hardware‚ Systems Software & Networking Instructor: Dr. Romy Lu 11/17/2014 Solid State Drives Major Benefits The technology behind SSDs is also known as flash memory. It’s becoming more mainstream as prices continue to drop and more organizations are beginning to adopt it in their daily operations. Some of the major benefits that organization are taking into considering in the adoption of SSDs include performance
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Computer Information System Brief Kathy Kudler was a Vice-President of a large defense contractor is tired of travel and pressure from her corporate lifestyle. Searching for other opportunities during her travel she discovered ways to relieved her stress through shopping varieties of ingredients for gourmet cooking‚ and suddenly realized her fashion shifted to establishing an upscale epicurean food shop in La Jolla. Needless to say‚ a business plan was developed‚ after she obtained her financing
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Types of Computer * Analog Computers -most extinct today -can perform several mathematical operations simultaneously -uses continuous variables for mathematical operation -utilizes mechanical or electrical energy * Hybrid Computers -combination of digital and analog computers -digital segments perform process control by conversion of analog signals to digital ones * Mainframe Computers -have the capacities to host multiple operating systems and operate as a number of virtual
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Hardware and Software Paper Shanta Leonard CIS/205 August 19‚ 2010 Steven Hultgren‚ PHP Hardware and Software The combination of the hardware and software components used by an organization determines that organizations failure or success. The hardware and software that an organization decides to implement should assimilate throughout the company and be easily transformed and understood. The organization that I will discuss within this paper is within the Health care Organization
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between OPERATING SOFTWARE and APPLICATION SOFTWARE? I NEED TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO‚ PLEASE PUT IT TOGETHER‚SO I CAN HAVE ONE MAIN IDEA[MAINPOINT OF VIEW]. THANKS FOR HELPING 6 years agoReport Abuse woron Best Answer - Chosen by Voters Operating software or Operating System is the Program that your computer uses to manage it’s resources. Windows is a prime example as is Linux‚ FreeBSD‚ Unix‚ and MacOS (to name a few). Applications are programs that you use to perform certain
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| Name Of Twenty Software And Hardware And Their Uses | SOFTWARE Software consists of a series of instructions that tells the computer what to do and how to do. It is also called a program. In other words‚ software is a conceptual entity which is a set of computer programs‚ procedures‚ and associated documentation concerned with the operation of a data processing system. There are mainly two categories of software- * System software * Operating system * Utility program *
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HISTORY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The term "information technology" evolved in the 1970s. Its basic concept‚ however‚ can be traced to the World War II alliance of the military and industry in the development of electronics‚ computers‚ and information theory. After the 1940s‚ the military remained the major source of research and development funding for the expansion of automation to replace manpower with machine power. Since the 1950s‚ four generations of computers have evolved. Each generation
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