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Technology and
Livelihood Education
COMPUTER SYSTEM SERVICING
Quarter 1-Module 1
LO 1: PERFORMING COMPUTER
OPERATIONS (PCO)
Lesson 2: Computer Hardware Devices and
Application Software

Department of Education ● Republic of the Philippines

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 What Do You Already Know?

Let us determine how much you already know about the computer hardware devices
and application software.
Pretest LO1 (continuation of LO1 topic)
A. Classify hardware devices and application software
Directions. Classify the following items as to hardware devices and application
software. Write your answer in your answer sheet using a tabular template shown
below.
Access Excel Hard drive Keyboard
Monitor Mouse PowerPoint Publisher
System unit Word

Hardware Software

B. Re-arrange letters to form words

Directions. Read the description in each item and be able to re-arrange the jumbled
letters to form the the correct word/answer.
1. These refer to the physical, tangible computer equipment and devices, which
provide support for major functions of a computer system. (A A R E H R D W)
2. It is the primary input device. (R A O B Y E K D)
3. It is the pointing device. (U O E M S)
4. A storage device containing magnetic disks or platters rotating at high speeds. (R
A D H K I S D)
5. It is used to show clear images. (R O M O N I T)

What To Know?

What is this Module About?

This module deals with the computer hardware devices and application software.

What Will You Learn?

At the end of this module, you should be able to:
1. define computer hardware and application software;

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 2. identify the computer hardware devices and different types of application
software; and
3. explain the functions of each computer hardware device and application
software.

Information Sheet 2

Directions: Read the Information Sheet 2 with comprehension and find out how much
you can remember and how much you learned by doing the tasks given.

Computer Hardware & Application Software

Definition

Computer Hardware
• Hardware refers to the physical, tangible computer equipment and devices,
which provide support for major functions such as input, processing (internal
storage, computation and control), output, secondary storage (for data and
programs), and communication.

Hardware Devices
Function Hardware Device
Keyboard. It is the primary input device.
It has function keys, control keys, arrow
keys, keypad and the keyboard itself with
the letters, numbers and
commands. Keyboards are connected to
the computer through USB or
Bluetooth. A laptop keyboard is more
compact than a desktop keyboard to make
the laptop smaller and
lighter. Smartphones and tablets use on-
screen keyboard to input messages and
select commands.
Mouse. An input device used to control the
cursor. It can be wired or wireless. It
allows the user to move the mouse cursor,
select, scroll, open or execute a program,
drag-and-drop, hover and perform other
functions with the use of additional
buttons.
Hard Disk Drive (HDD). It is a non-
volatile computer storage device containing
magnetic disks or platters rotating at high
speeds. It is a secondary storage device
used to store data permanently, random
access memory (RAM) being the primary
memory device. Non-volatile means data is
retained when the computer is turned off.
A hard disk drive is also known as a hard

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 drive.
A liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor
is a computer monitor or display that uses
LCD technology to show clear images, and
is found mostly in laptop computers and
flat panel monitors. This technology has
replaced the traditional cathode ray tube
(CRT) monitors, which were the previous
standard and once were considered to have
better picture quality than early LCD
variants.
System Unit. Also known as a "tower" or
"chassis" is the main part of a desktop
computer. It includes
the motherboard, CPU, RAM, hard disk
drive, power supply and other components.
It also includes the case that houses the
internal components of the computer.

Application Software (Program)

• A type of computer program that performs a specific personal, educational,
and business function. Each program is designed to assist the user with
a particular process, which may be related to productivity, creativity, and/or
communication.

Types of Application Software According to the Need of Users

Type Example
A. Presentation Software Microsoft PowerPoint
• Presentation program is a program to
show the information in the form of
slides. We can add text, graphics video
and images to slides to make them more
informative.
The software has three components:
1) Text editor for inputting and formatting
text.
2) Inserting graphics, text, video and other
multimedia files.
3) Slideshow to display the information.
6. Presentation software helps the presenter
to present their ideas with ease and
visual information easy to understand.
B. Spreadsheet Software Microsoft Excel
• It is used to perform calculations. In
spreadsheet software data is stored in
intersection row and column. The
intersection of row and column is known
as a cell. The cell labelled with the row

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others. While entering data into the cell,
we can also define the data value like
text, date, time, number. It provides
many formula and function to perform
calculations like arithmetic operations,
logical operations, text operation and
many more. It provides charts, graphs to
display data graphically.
C. Database Software MS Access
• Database is a collection of data related
to any applications. Today is
environment every application has
some database where data regarding
users stored. For this purpose, we
used database software. When we
operate the application data is accessed
from the database, and after
manipulation, it gets back stored in the
database.
D. Multimedia Software Music and video
• Multimedia is a combination of text, entertainment app,
graphics, audio and multimedia software navigation app, social
used in the editing of video, audio and networking application,
text. Multimedia software used in the news and weather
growth of business, education, application, educational
information, remote system and apps and e-book reader’s
entertainment. app for preparation of any
type of exams.
E. Simulation Software Area of technology flight,
• Simulation is an imitation of real world economics, automobiles,
and environment. The simulation creates Robotics, digital lifecycle,
a physical environment of the real world Space Shuttle Navigation
to represent the similar behavior, and weather.
function and key nature of the selected
topic. Simulation is technology for
education, engineering, testing, training,
video games and for scientific
modelling of natural systems to gain
insight into their functioning. The
simulation used in the area of the real
world where the real system cannot be
accessible or may be dangerous or
unacceptable.
F. Word Processing Software Microsoft Word
• Word Processing software is used to
manipulate, format the text, to create
memos, letters, faxes and documents.

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 What To Process?

Task 1. Performance Test

Directions. Identify the example of hardware devices and application software. You can
seach from online sources for additional additional answer and write them using a tabular
template below.

Hardware Software

Task 2. Analogy
Directions. Select the letter of the correct answer from the choices given.

1. Keyboard:Hardware=MS-Word:____________
A. Hardware B. Application Software C. System Software D. None of
these
2. Keyboard:Primary Input Device=__________:Pointing Device
A. System Unit B. Mouse C. Hard Disk Drive D. Monitor
3. _____________:Shows the softcopy output=System Unit:It contains the
motherboard
A. Monitor B. Keyboard C. Hard Disk Drive D. None of these
4. MS-Excel:Spreadsheet application=MS-PowerPoint:______________
A. Word processing application C. Database application
B. Presentation application D. Multimedia application
5. MS-Word:Allows to format texts, letters and memos=MS-
Excel:________________
A. Allows to apply transition and animation
B. Allows to work with calculations
C. Allows to create database
D. All of the above

What To Reflect & Understand?

Task 1. Let’s Watch! (Optional Activity)
Directions: Watch the video clip titled Computer Science Basics: Hardware and
Software downloaded from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG_qmtdBPTU. Be able to
fill-out the table below.

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 Hardware Software
Definition: Definition:

Complementary roles of hardware and software:

What To Transfer?

Task 1. Let’s Find It!

Directions: Given a complete set of desktop computer in a computer laboratory and/or a
personal computer/laptop, identify the application software installed and list down in the
table below. Be able to identify the functions/uses of each application. An example is given
for you to follow.

Application Functions/Uses
Google Chrome It is an internet browser used to gather data
in the world wide web.

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 Key To Correction

A. What Do You Already Know? (Pretest LO1)

A. Classify hardware devices and application software
Hardware Software
Hard drive Access
Keyboard Excel
Monitor Word
Mouse PowerPoint
System unit Publisher

B. Re-arrange letters to form words

1. Hardware
2. Keyboard
3. Mouse
4. Hard disk
5. monitor
B. What To Process?

Task 1. Performance Test

Hardware Software
Mouse MS-Office
Monitor (MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint,
Hard Disk Drive MS-Access)
System Unit Music and video entertainment Application
Keyboard Navigation Application
Social networking application
News and weather application
Educational application
E-book reader’s application

Task 2. Analogy
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. B

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Google Images

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 The Author

APOLINARIO B. VALENZUELA, JR.

Master Teacher II
San Marcelino NHS
Dingras, Ilocos Norte

Qualifications:

Computer System Servicing NC II

Visual Graphic Design NC III
Trainers Methodology Level I (CSS NC II and VGD NC III)
National TTC Level I

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