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Grade 6 (Software and Hardware)

Hardware refers to the physical parts of a computer that can be touched, such as a mouse, keyboard, CPU, and speakers. Software refers to programs and instructions that cannot be touched, such as operating systems, antivirus software, word processors, and computer games. Hardware is manufactured and affected by viruses, while software is developed, instructions that run on hardware, and can be affected by computer viruses. Together, hardware and software work to support computer operations, manage data, and allow users to perform tasks like watching videos, listening to music, drawing, playing games, making documents, and communicating with others.

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Grade 6 (Software and Hardware)

Hardware refers to the physical parts of a computer that can be touched, such as a mouse, keyboard, CPU, and speakers. Software refers to programs and instructions that cannot be touched, such as operating systems, antivirus software, word processors, and computer games. Hardware is manufactured and affected by viruses, while software is developed, instructions that run on hardware, and can be affected by computer viruses. Together, hardware and software work to support computer operations, manage data, and allow users to perform tasks like watching videos, listening to music, drawing, playing games, making documents, and communicating with others.

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SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE

Hardware

software
HARDWARE

All the things that you CAN TOUCH, are


Mouse called HARDWARE.
Speakers

CPU (Central
Processing Unit)

These are some


examples for “Hardware”
Key board
CD
SOFTWARE

BE TOUCHED,
Things that CANNOT
ith data and
such as programs w
d SOFTWARE.
instructions are calle Avast antivirus software,
Protects from viruses

MS Word

Operating systems

These are some


examples for “software” Computer games that we
play for fun Media player to listen to
songs and watch videos..
HARDWARE SOFTWARE

• All the physical parts, that can be touched. • Set of instructions, that cannot be touched.

• It is manufactured. • Developed by Software Engineers and Software


Developers.
• It has four main categories: input device, output devices,
storage, and internal components. • It is mainly divided into System software, Programming
software and Application software.
• Hardware is not affected by computer viruses.
• Software is affected by computer viruses.
Exercise :-
Select Hardware and Software

Mouse
Speakers

CPU
Avast antivirus software

Computer games

Desktop

Key board
Operating systems
MS Word

Media player
N E E D S O F S O F T WA R E

• Support computer operations.

• Manage data in computers.

• To watch videos, listen to music, to draw, to play games, to make documents, to communicate with
others etc.

Bank

Agriculture
School

Factories
Hospital

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