COMPUTER MAIN PARTS Hardware Software

HARDWARE Definition: The set of hardware components that make up the material part (physical) of a computer, unlike the software refers to the logical components (intangible). However, the term is usually understood more broadly and is used to refer to all the physical components of a technology.

COMPONENTES Microprocessor: It is the computer's brain. It is a chip, a type of electronic component inside which there are thousands ( or millions ) of elements called transistors, whose combination allows work that is entrusted with the chip.

MOTHERBOARD Motherboard. It is a versatile element which is designed as a printed circuit whose mission is to provide hardware to the PC, in addition to other functions such as control buses, system management power, control and manipulation of hardware, support hardware function / induced ventilation ; besides being able to identify the units of input / output. Human biological simile : Skeleton, as this connects and supports almost all organs of the same.

RAM RAM. This memory is what set this logical space reserved for temporary storage of data and instructions.

MONITOR Monitor. It is an essential element in our times. The monitors will be responsible for "translating" those electrical impulses that swarm inside the PC user- intelligible information

MOUSE AND KEYBOARD Mouse and keyboard. They are only peripheral, which make today intoducción command and algorithms, which can be interpreted as letters, numbers, symbols and signs of buttons.

HDDS HDDs. A peripheral element that, depending on the input / output, allows the storage of data in a similar way as it could a floppy disk is only now on a larger scale and capacity, in addition to a very optimized access speed.

SINK A sink is a tool used to lower the temperature of some electronic components. “you lower the temperature to a processor”

COMPUTER BATTERY It is responsible for preserving the BIOS data when the computer is off. Without it, every time we light would enter the characteristics of the hard drive, chipset, date, time, Windows startup on boot, etc.

Software Definition: software are computer programs that make it possible to perform specific tasks within a computer. For example: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, web browsers, games, operating systems, etc.

Types of software Software Application: This includes all programs that allow users to perform a specific task or tasks. Here are programs that individuals use on a daily basis as word processors, spreadsheets, editors, telecommunications, software, numerical and symbolic computation, video games, among others. Software Programming: those tools that a programmer uses to develop software. For this, the programmer uses different programming languages. As an example can be taken compilers, software computer aided design, integrated packages, text editors, linkers, debuggers, interpreters, among others. System software: the one that allows users to interact with the operating system as well as control it. This system consists of a series of programs that aim to manage hardware resources and at the same time, give the user an interface. The operating system can facilitate the use of computer users because it is he who gives you the ability to allocate and manage system resources, as an example of this kind of software can mention Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, including other. In addition to operating systems, within the system software diagnostic tools, servers, utilities, device drivers and correction and optimization tools, etc. are located.

Example of application software Word processors such as Word, Notepad. Image editors such as Adobe Fireworks, or Adobe Photoshop. Administrators systems Databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Informix). Web publishers, Adobe Dreamweaver. Editors Visual Studio programming language PHP Edit.

Example of software programming Text editors compilers interpreters linkers debuggers Integrated Development Environments (IDE)

Example of software system Operating systems Device Drivers Diagnostic Tools Correction and Optimization Tools Servers