Computer System

Computer System

Definition of computer system.

     

• A system of interconnected computers that shares a central storage system and various peripheral devices such as a printers, scanners, or routers. Each computer connected to the system can operate independently, but has the ability to communicate with other external devices and computers.

Example of Computer system

Hardware

•    Is best describe as a devices that is physically connected to the computer or something that can physically touched.
•   Without any hardware your computer would not exist and software would have nothing to run on. It’s the physical part of a computer, including the digital circuitry, as distinguished from the computer software that executes within the hardware. 
• Example of hardware.

 

Software

•  Is a general term used to describe a collection of computer programs, procedures, and documentation that perform some task on a computer system. Practical computer systems divide software system into three major classes: system software, programming software, and application software, although the distinction is arbitrary and often blurred.

• Software is an ordered sequence of instructions for changing the state of the computer hardware in a particular sequence. It’s usually written in a high level programming languages that are easier and more efficient for humans to use (closer to natural language) than machine languages.
  
• Example of software.