COMPUTER
MAIN PARTS
HARDWARE AND
SOFTWARE
HARDWARE
 It
refers to all physical parts of a
computer system. They are cables,
cabinets or boxes, peripherals of all
kinds and any other physical
element involved.
ITS MAIN COMPONENTS ARE :
1.
Mainboard or
motherboard:
Is the fundamental support housing
and communicated to all other
components.
2. CENTRAL PROCESSING
UNIT
Or CPU, is the main component of
the computer responsible for
interpreting and executing
instructions and processing data .
3. RAM
The acronym RAM , Random Access
Memory English literally means random
access memory . memory is used in a
computer for temporary storage and
work ( not massive ) . In the RAM
information,
data
and
programs
Processing Unit (CPU ) reads and
executes processes is temporarily stored .
4. HARD DISK DRIVE:
It is the data storage device employing a
magnetic recording system for storing
digital data . It consists of one or more
plates or hard drives, united by a
common shaft rotating at high speed
inside a sealed metal box.
5. MONITOR:
is the primary output device ( interface),
showing data or information to the user .
It can also be considered an input /
output if the monitor has touch or multitouch screen .
6. OPTICAL DRIVE:
is a disk drive that uses laser light or
near electromagnetic waves the
spectrum of light as part of the
process of reading or writing of data
from a file to optical discs through
light beams interpret refractions
caused on his own issue .
7. TECLADO
It is a peripheral device input or partly
Inspired keyboard typewriters , which
utilization An arrangement of buttons
or keys , to act as mechanical levers
or electronic switches that send
information to the computer .
8. CHASSIS
is the metal frame or plastic , whose
function is to house and protect the
internal components such as CPU , RAM ,
motherboard , power supply , the / s
expansion boards and storage devices or
drives : floppy disk drive hard disk , optical
drive ( reader or writer : CD , DVD, Blu Ray ) .
SOFTWARE
logical equipment or software of a computer
system , comprising all the necessary software
components that make it possible to perform
specific tasks , as opposed to the physical
components that are called hardware. also
facilitating interaction between the physical
components and other applications , and
providing a user interface .
OS
is a program or set of programs of a
computer system that manages
hardware resources and provides
services to application programs
running in privileged mode for the
remaining ( although it may part of
it runs in user space ) .
WINDOWS 8
It is the current version of Microsoft
Windows operating system
produced by Microsoft for use on
personal computers, including
desktops at home and business
laptops , netbooks , tablets , servers
and multimedia centers.
LINUX
In a GNU / Linux system , Linux is the
kernel. The rest of the system consists of
other programs , many of which were
written by or for the GNU project.
Because the Linux kernel alone does not
form a working operating system, we
prefer to use the term " GNU / Linux " to
refer to systems that most people casually
refer to as "Linux" .
MAC OS
es el nombre del sistema operativo creado por Apple
para su línea de computadoras Macintosh, también
aplicado retroactivamente a las versiones anteriores a
System 7.6, y que apareció por primera vez en System
7.5.1. Es conocido por haber sido uno de los primeros
sistemas dirigidos al gran público en contar con una
interfaz gráfica compuesta por la interacción del
mouse con ventanas, iconos y menús.
ANDROID
It is an operating system based on Linux
kernel. It was designed primarily for touch
screen mobile devices such as
smartphones or tablets ; and for smart
watches , televisions and cars.