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Hardware and Software Hardware Anything you can touch on the computer is hardware. It is capable of accepting and storing computer data, executing a systematic sequence of operations on computer data, or producing control outputs. Such devices can perform substantial interpretation, computation, communication, control, or other logical functions. Why does John brown need hardware? John Brown needs hardware because without it the computer will not function properly. Mouse, keyboard and monitor are the most important hard without it there is no computer. Software General name given to all the programs that can be run on computer hardware. Games, word processors, databases, virus checker and Microsoft windows are all software. Programs that run on a computer. Operating systems There are two types of operating system: operating systems and network operating systems. An operating system is a program. A computer is useless without an operating system. The main purpose of the operating system is to allow the application software to...

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