what do u mean by the words software and hardware??

All electrical, electronics and mechanical parts of the computer is called hardware which we can touch they are then classified in two major groups 1. CPU 2. PERIPHERALS HARDWARE CPU CU (control unit) MU (memory unit / registers) ALU (arithmetic logical unit) PERIPHERALS INPUT DEVICES OUTPUT DEVICES BACKUP/STORAGE DEVICES OTHER DEVICES SOFTWARE:- Instructions for the computer is known as software, software are created using languages, (They are also known as program) Softwares are categorized into two groups 1. APPLICATION SOFTWARES:- WHICH PERFORMS SOME KIND OF AUTOMATION WORK LIKE word processors, dtp, accounting softs etc 2. SYSTEM SOFTWARES :- are the programs which are dealing with hardwares also known as devise drivers )

All electrical, electronics and mechanical parts of the computer is called hardware which we can touch they are then classified in two major groups 1. CPU 2. PERIPHERALS HARDWARE | ______________________________________________________________________________ | | CPU PERIPHERALS _|_________________________ ______________________________|______ | | | | | | | CU MU ALU INPUT OUTPUT BACKUP/STORAGE OTHERE SOFTWARE:- Instructions for the computer is known as software, software are created using languages, (They are also known as program) Softwares are categorized into two groups 1. APPLICATION SOFTWARES:- WHICH PERFORMS SOME KIND OF AUTOMATION WORK LIKE word processors, dtp, accounting softs etc 2. SYSTEM SOFTWARES :- are the programs which are dealing with hardwares also known as devise drivers )