What does a computer software consist of?

Software can be thought of as the variable part of a computer and hardware the invariable part. Software is often divided into application software (programs that do work users are directly interested in) and system software (which includes operating systems and any program that supports application software). read more

A typical computer system consists of both hardware and software. The hardware is composed of the electronic and mechanical devices, while software refers to the data and instructions that allow the computer to perform specific functions. read more

Hardware consists of: - Input devices such as keyboard, mouse, joystick - The Central Processing Unit (CPU) - Output devices such as a printer, monitor, graph plotter - Backing storage devices such as disc drive, hard drive - Media such as discs, tapes, paper etc There is hardware that I used is: * Mouse * Keyboard * Printer * Monitor * A tracker ball mouse A tracker ball mouse is an input device and similar to a mouse but the ball is set into a cup on the top of the unit. read more