What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है

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Computer system

Computer is an electronic device, which takes data and instructions as input, process it according to instruction and generate a desired output.


Computer works as a system. Computer system mainly consists of two things-:

1. Hardware-:

Computer hardware is the physical part of a computer, including the digital circuitry. The term hardware covers all those parts of a computer that are tangible. Circuits, display, power supplies, cables, keyboards, printers, and mouse are all hardware. The physical components that we can see, touch and feel in the computer system is called hardware.

What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है
What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है

Units of computer hardware-: Computer hardware consists of a basic three units.

(A) Input Unit-: Input unit accepts data and instructions given by a user, sends them to the processing unit of computer e.g., keyboard, mouse, scanner are input devices.

(b) Central Processing Unit-: It is the brain of the computer .The part of the computer that performs the bulk of data processing operation is called central processing unit. The CPU fetches the instruction of the program from the memory at a time, decodes it and then executes it. CPU takes the data from the input unit,  processes it and passes the output to the output unit.

(c) Output Unit-: Output unit presents output to the use. Monitor and printer is an example of output unit.

What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है
What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है

2. Software -: 

In computer science, computer software is nothing but all computer programs. To perform any task on the computer, the programmer has to write a set of instruction .This sequence of instructions given to the computer is called a program .A set of programs written for the computer is called software .Software is a program that enables a computer to perform a specific task.

Type of software -: There are mainly two types of software.

What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है
What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है

(a) System Software-:
System software controls all processing activities and make sure that resources and the power of the computer are used in most efficient manner. The major purpose of system software is to control the execution of program and help in the development of software.

 Function of system software-:
  1.       Supports the development of other application software.
  2.       Supports the execution of other application software.
  3.      Monitors the effective use of various hardware resources such as CPU, memory,  peripherals etc.
  4.      Communication with and controls the operation of peripheral devices, such as       printer, disk, tape, etc.

Types of system software-:

System software can be classified into three categories-:

(a) Operating System  

     (b) Language processor

(c) Utility Software

(a) Operating System -: An operating system is a series of program which organizes and control a computer. An operating system (OS in sort) is a master controls program that runs the computer and acts as a scheduler. It controls the flow of signals from the CPU to various part of the computer.


What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है
What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है

Some tasks are as follows-:

1      1. OS controls the hardware, such as the keyboard, the printer and the screen.

2      2.OS perform job scheduling and monitoring.

3     3. OS controls the processing that store data on disk and task data from disk.

4    4.Controls the operation of application software.

5     5. Organization the hard and floppy disk, so they can store data.


(b) Language processor or Language translator-: A language processor or translator is a program which converts statement written in one language into statement I another language.

What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है
What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है

Which a program written in a language other than the machine language of computer the computer will not understand it. Hence, the program written in other language must be translated into the machine language of computer. Such translation is done with the aid of software .This type of software is known as language processor.

(c) Utility Software-: It is a set of program that supports the operating system by providing the additional services that the operating system does not provide. There are many task recovery, safe formatting and resource editing. Utility software is also known as service program, or utility router. It is specifically designed to help in managing and tune the computer hardware, operating system or application software, and perform a single task or a small range of task. Some or important utilities are Disk defragmenters, Virus scanners/Antivirus, Disk Compression, File Management tools, file manager etc.

2. Application software-: Application software allows humans to accomplish one or more specific tasks. It is a set of program that is necessary to carry out operations for a specified application. Typically applications include industrial automation, business software, educational software, medical software, and database. Almost every field of human activity now uses some form of application software. It is used to automate all sort of function.

Application software is often purchased separate from computer hardware. Sometimes application are bundled with the compute, but that does not change the fact that they run as independent application. Applications are almost always independent program from the operating system.

What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है
What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है

 Application software is of two types-:
 
What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है
What is hardware and software?|difference between hardware and software -हार्डवेयर और सॉफ्टवेयर क्या है
(a) General purpose Application Software or Package-: The software which is developed by keeping all the general requirements in mind for carrying out a specific task. That is that software which is developed by the group of people or an individual. Some of most commonly know application software is word processing software, Electronic spreadsheet, Database software, Graphics software, Entertainment software etc.
(b) Customize Application Software -:  The software which is developed to meet the entire requirement specified by the user. Sometimes a user gets developed application package for his own use knows as user application program or customize application program.

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