Learning Outcomes

At the end of this unit the students should be able to:

• Define hardware, giving examples;
• Define software, giving examples;
• Describe the difference between hardware and software;
• Identify the main components of a general-purpose computer: central processing unit, main/internal memory (including ROM and RAM), input devices, output devices and secondary/backing storage.
• Identify operating systems, including Graphic User Interface, command line interface