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A computer is an electronic device that helps us to enter data process it, it store and produce
meaningful result.
A piece of equipment/hardware which helps us enter data into a computer is called an input
device.
A piece of equipment/hardware which gives out the result of the entered input, once it is
processed (i.e. converts data from machine language to a human-understandable language), is
called an output device. For example printer, monitor, etc.
Or
A piece of equipment/hardware which gives out the result of the entered input is called output
device.
4. What is hardware?
5. What is software?
Software is a collection of programs and data that tell a computer how to perform specific
tasks.
Type of software
System software
System software is software that provides a platform for other software.
Some examples can be operating systems, antivirus software, disk formatting software,
computer language translators, etc.
Application software
Application software is a computer program created to help us do different things on
our devices.
For example like MS-Word, MS-Excel, PowerPoint, etc.