GENIUS KNOWLEDGE

STAY HOME, SAFE LIFE Hradware. The term hardware refers to the physical components of your computer such as the system unit, mouse, keyboard, monitor etc. Software. The software is the instructions that makes the computer work. Software is held either on your computers hard disk, CD-ROM, DVD or on a diskette (floppy disk) and is loaded (i.e. copied) from the disk into the computers RAM (Random Access Memory), as and when required. Hardware Components. Input Devices -"How to tell it what to do“ - A keyboard and mouse are the standard way to interact with the computer. Other devices include joysticks and game pads used primarily for games. Output Devices - "How it shows you what it is doing" - The monitor (the screen) is how the computer sends information back to you. A printer is also an output device. Hardware Components. OUTPUT DEVICES Plotters A plotter is an output device similar to a printer, but normally allows you to pri...