Computer Hardware and Software Courses

Content of computer hardware and software courses

Computer fundamentals
PC Assembling and PC up gradation
Operating system & operating system software & partition hard drive
Device, drivers and software installation and operation
Health and safety
Computer management
Troubleshooting
Computer networking
The physical component of the computer, which can be same and touched, is known as hardware.

• RAM (Random Access Memory)
• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Monitor
• CPU (Processor)
• UPS
• DVD Rom
• Cooling fan
• SMPS (Switching Mode Power Supply)
• ATA Cable (Advanced Technology Architecture)
• PATA (Parallel)
• SATA (Serial)
• Jumper
• Motherboard
• ATX Power Connector
• 4 Pin ATX Power Connecter
• Expansion Slots
• Sound card
• VGA card (video graphics array)
• LAN card (Local area network)
• IDE Port (Integrated device electronic 39+ gnd)
• BIOS IC (Basic input output intricate)
• SATA Port (2 or more)
• CMOS Battery (Complementary metal oxide semiconductor)
• DVD RW (Read & Write)
• Floppy disk drive
• Casing
• Peripheral Devices (printers, scanner etc.)
• Pen drive
• ROM IC (Read only memory integrated circuit)
• Webcam
• HDD (Hard disk drive)

Software simply is the computer programs. The instruction given to the computer in the form of programmed is called software. All the programs used in computer to perform specific task is called software.

Types of software:

1) System software

a) Operating system software DOS, UNIX, XEXIX, Windows.
b) Utility software It helps user to manage files and folder, checking viruses, keeping PC healthy and system setting is called utility software. E.g. PC tools, scandisk, antivirus, language processor.

2) Application software

a) Package software
Office package (MS Excel, MS Access, MS Word)
Adobe Photoshop
Auto cad

b) Tailored or custom software
Used to perform the specific tasks only like accounting, mark shut preparation, inventory control.

3) Computer language & scripting

a) Low level language
Machine level language Zero's (0s) and ones (1s) or binary digit for its operation.
Assembly language Very difficult Language, languages have been developed (easy).
- ADD for addition
- SUB for subtraction
- CMP for comparison

b) High level language
Basic (Beginners all-purpose symbols instruction code) FORTRAN (Formula Translation)
C, C++
JAVA
VB
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