The 20th century is the period of rapid development in science and technology, influencing every aspect human life. One of the greatest thing that man has every created is the computer. It is truely an amazing machine. Today computer are used almost in all walks of life. Day today are used extensively in many areas of business ,industry, science and education. Computer control manufacturing process, keep track of airline reservation, predict weather, control space problem and many more things. The list goes on without end.
Computer -computer is wonderful machine that can perform various task at a very high speed. It help us to solve many problem quickly and easily.
Computer is a machine that can be used to store the large amount of data and process the data. Computer is also called automatic machine because it can do operation without human intervention. This device can invent by Charles Babbage who known as the father of computer.
Hardware and software: the two major element of computer are hardware and software
Hardware: the physical part of the computer which can touched and seen through naked eyes are called hardware . For example a black woman brain is like hardware
Examples: mouse, CPU, monitor etc
Software: the part of computer which cannot be touched are called software .Software is set of interaction of for a computer to perform specific operations. All the information and instructions that make up the software are like the tough and idea in your brain.
Activity
.Can a computer run without hardware?
. Can a computer and without software?
Answer is no we need both hard and software for a computer system to work