Friday 28 October 2011

Computer System Components


1.  Hardware – provides basic computing resources (CPU, memory, I/O devices).
2.  Operating system – controls and coordinates the use of the hardware among the various application programs for the various users.
3.  Applications programs – define the ways in which the system resources are used to solve the computing problems of the users (compilers, database systems, video games, business programs).
4.  Users (people, machines, other computers). 

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