Hardware & Software
Look at these pictures. What is the difference between them?
Picture A Picture B
Watch the video given below to learn about hardware and software-
Hardware Software
• Hardware is any • Software is a collection of
physical device used programs installed in your
along with the computer. computer.
• We can always touch a • We cannot touch a software.
hardware.
List out some examples of hardware:
• Mouse
• Keyboard
• Monitor
• Motherboard
• USB
• Printer
• Scanner
• Projector
• Joystick
• Hard disk
• Microphone
• Speakers
• Wires and cables
List out some examples of software:
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• Google Chrome
• Firefox
• Snipping tool
• Zoom
• MS Teams
• Window OS
• BOTIM
• VideoMaker
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QUIZ TIME
1: Which hardware is used to type a text into the computer?
Keyboard
2: Name any 1 software seen in mobiles and tabs.
Playstore
3: Which hardware is called the brain of the computer?
CPU
hardware software
4: A combination of __________ and __________ forms a useful
computer.
All the parts of a Computer can be classified as
Hardware & Software
Hardware Software
All the Physical Parts Software is a set of
of a Computer that instructions or
we can touch are programs that tell the
called Hardware Computer what to do.
A Hardware unit cannot function without software