Chapter 2_Lesson 3 Major Components of Computer.pdf

BASIC CONCEPTS OF COMPUTER Chapter 2  01 LEARNING OBJECTIVES Define a computer system 02 Cite the advantages, disadvantages, and applications of computer...

BASIC CONCEPTS OF COMPUTER Chapter 2  01 LEARNING OBJECTIVES Define a computer system 02 Cite the advantages, disadvantages, and applications of computer 03 Describe the different categories of computer 04 Explain the three major components of the computer  THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER Hardware, Software, Peopleware 1. HARDWARE ✓Physical and tangible parts of the computer ✓Electric, electronic, and mechanical components 1. HARDWARE Input Device Allows you to enter data and instructions into a computer Output Device Hardware component that conveys information to one or more people Case that contains the electronic components of the computer that are used to System Unit process data Storage Device Holds data, instructions, and information for future use Communications Enables a computer to send and receive data, instructions, and information to Device and from one or more computers or mobile devices 1. HARDWARE TWO TYPES OF OUTPUT Hardcopy Softcopy Electronic data Printed, such as display physical output and sounds  THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF COMPUTER Hardware, Software, Peopleware 2. SOFTWARE ✓also called a program ✓It tells the computer what tasks to perform and how to perform them ✓Codes, commands, instructions 2. SOFTWARE a. System Software a set of programs that control and manage the operations of computer hardware. It also helps application programs to execute correctly 2. SOFTWARE a. System Software Operating System Utilities Software Programming Language a. System Software Operating System Manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs Windows 10, MacOS, iOS, Android, Linux, Ubuntu, MS DOS WINDOWS 11 MAC OS iOS ANDROID LINUX UBUNTU HARMONY OS a. System Software Operating System OS provides GUI or Graphical User Interface – the total visual appearance of a system or program MAC OS WINDOWS 11 a. System Software Utilities Software Designed to help to analyze, configure, optimize or maintain a computer System Profilers, Antivirus software, Backup software, Disk repair, file manager, File Compression, Data Security Avast Windows Firewall Defender Device Policy Nox Cleaner a. System Software Programming Language Used to develop software programs, scripts, or other sets of instructions for computers to execute C#, C++, Basic, Visual Basic, COBOL, HTML, SQL, Java, Phyton, Ada, ALGOL, SQL b. Application Software A program that does real work for the user It is mostly created to perform a specific task for the user’s need b. Application Software Word Graphics Spreadsheet Presentation Processing Software Software Software Education and Multimedia Web Browser Reference Software Software Word Processing Web Browser Multimedia Software Graphics Software Presentation Software b. Application Software Word processors – MS Word, WPS Writer Graphics software – Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Paint Spreadsheet software – MS Excel, Google Sheets Presentation software – MS Powerpoint, Google Slide Web browsers – Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari Multimedia software – Spotify, Netflix, VLC Player, Games Education and reference software – Meriam Dictionary, Google Classroom 3. Peopleware ✓The human resource that create, control, and maintain the computer system 3. Peopleware User Professional BASIC CONCEPTS OF COMPUTER Chapter 2