Elements of

Computer
Mrs. Ailen S. Valdez
Teacher
 ELEMENTS OF COMPUTER

HARDWARE SOFTWARE

PEOPLEWARE
1. HARDWARE
•Electronic devices used to build up
the computer such as motherboard,
hard disk drives, memory devices
etc.
•A hardware in a computer system is
anything that can be touched.
 2. SOFTWARE
•Software are programs that use the
hardware to do tasks such as operating
system software, application software
etc.
•Software is a computer program that
provides instructions and data to execute
user’s commands.
 3. PEOPLEWARE/USERS
They are human or other device or programs that operates the
computer with instructions.
Examples: 
• Computer • Teacher 
Programmer • Students
• Computer Analyst • Newscasters
• Computer • Cashier
Technicians • Manager
• Computer Engineers • Principal
End-users
•Human or other devices or
programs that operates
the computer with
instructions.
US
ER
S
DATA
•Data that the computer takes
in and processes. 
Data can be of various types
 such as numbers, texts,
images etc.
Quiz
Prepare ¼ sheet of paper.
Exercises: Tell the following are Hardware, Software of Peopleware.
Write your answer on you notebook.

1. Monitor 9. Cashier
2. Windows 10.Mouse
3. Computer Programmer 11.Printer
4. Keyboard 12.Google Chrome
5. Mobile Legend 13.Web Cam
6. Systems Analyst 14.Microsoft Office
7. System Unit 15.Youtube
8. Principal
Answer Key:
1. hardware 9. peopleware
2. software 10.hardware
3. Peopleware 11.hardware
4. hardware 12.software
5. software 13.hardware
6. peopleware 14.software
7. hardware 15.software
8. peopleware