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(hardware and software) - Coggle Diagram
hardware and software
hardware are the physical components that make up a computer
eg: keyboard, mouse, monitor, printer
types: internal and external
external: input, output and storage
eg
motherboard
random access memory
read-only memory
video cards
sound cards
internal storage devices: hdd and sdd
software are the programs that control a computer system
types: application and system
application
word processor
create, edit, save, manipulate text
copy and paste
spell checkers and thesaurus
import images into structured page formats
translate to other languages
spreadsheet
formulas for calculations
produce graphs
modelling and 'what if' calculations
database
carry out queries on data and produce reports
add, delete, modify data in a table
control and measuring
measure physical quantities (eg. temperature)
control applications (eg. chemical processes) using data by sensors and comparing to stored data to send out signals (eg. open a valve to add acid if pH is incorrect