The PC hardware represents the devices which are related to the computers and which can be touched. The mouse, the monitor, the keyboard, each of these represents the PC hardwareecause you can physically touch them. The computer software represents the programs which are installed on the computer such as games, or operating systems, and so on, and as you know, these ones can not be physically touched.

The hardware can also contain the components located inside the computer. The motherboard belongs to the hardware category because it is a component of the computer and because it can be touched. The processor, the RAM, the hard drive, the graphic cards, all belong to the hardware category.

The processor is also considered to be the brain of the computer because it is responsible for all the computing on a computer. The processor will make the connection with all the other components through the motherboard which is also called the main board. The motherboard is the component on which all the other components are connected. The memory of the computer is connected on the motherboard as well. The memory of the computer will also make the PC run much faster. The more memory the computer has the better it will run. The graphics card will create a much better image for the computer, and thanks to it you will be able to play certain games and so on. There are two types of graphics cards: integrated and dedicated, the dedicated one being much better because it has a memory of its own. The hard drive is the component on which all the computer data is located, such as multimedia files, certain software programs, the operating system, and so on.



Even the optical discs are considered hardware. If you buy a game, the disc on which the game is located it is hardware whereas the game itself, the application which you install on the computer is a software program because you can not touch it. In close relation with the optical discs are the optical drives such as the CD-ROMs, and the DVD-ROMs. It seems that the external storage devices are becoming more and more popular in the recent years.



The USB Flash drives, and the Solid State Disks and Drives are more and more popular because they have much more benefits than the optical drives. The USB Flash Drives can store large amounts of data, even more than some internal hard drives can and that is a great advantage. The USB Flash drives can be written more than once and as a result they are better than the optical discs as well. This was my information on the computer hardware.