Computer System Hardware

• 1. An input device is any peripheral (piece of computer hardware equipment) used to provide data and control signals to aninformation processing system (such as a computer).

2. Webcam Keyboard Mouse Joystick ScannerDigital camera 3. In computing, a process is a running instance of a program, including all variables and other state. Amodern computer system typically supports many processes, which are multitasked to give the appearance that all of them can run simultaneously. 4. The Central Processing Unit (CPU) or processor is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, and is the primary element carrying outthe computer's functions. 5. An output device is any piece of computer hardware equipment used to communicate theresults of data processing carried out by an information processing system (such asa computer) to the outside world. 6. Speaker MonitorPrinter Scanner Fax Machine 7. A data storage device is a device for recording (storing) information (data). 8. Magnetic storage and magnetic recording are termsfrom engineering referring to the storage of data on a magnetized medium.Zip DiskMagnetic Tape Floppy DiskHard disk Drive 9. Optical Storage Device Optical storage is a term from engineering referring to the storage ofdata on an optically readable medium. Data is recorded by makingmarks in a pattern that can be read back with the aid of light. CD-R DVD-R 10. A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid- state memory to store persistent data. An SSD emulates a hard disk drive interface, thus easily replacing it in most applications. USB flash Drive