Parts of a Computer

System
The Computer Defined

• Computer is an electronic device that store data.

• The computer converts data into information
useful for people.
• Modern computers are digital because they
work by numbers.
• Digital computers work according to the
organized set of instructions.

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Parts of the Computer System
• Computer systems have four parts
• Hardware
• Software
• Data
• User

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Parts of the Computer System
• Hardware
• The Mechanical devices that make up the computer is called
hardware.
• Hardware is any part of the computer system that can be
touched.
• Software
• Software is a set of instructions that perform computer tasks.
• It tells the computer what to do
• Also called a program
• Thousands of programs are available for use on Personal
Computers

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Parts of the Computer System
• Data
• Data consists of facts or Pieces of information.
• The primary job of Computer is to process this data in
various ways, converting them into useful information.
• Users
• People operating the computer are known as Users.
• Most important part
• Even if a computer can do its job without a person
sitting in front of it, people still design, program, build
and repair computer systems.

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