MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which one is a physical device
A
Software
B
Hardware
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hardware refers to the physical parts of a computer and related device. internal hardware device include motherboard, hard drives, and RAM. external hardware devices include monitors, keyboard, printers and scanners.

Detailed explanation-2: -Computer hardware includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the case, central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM), monitor, mouse, keyboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, speakers and motherboard.

Detailed explanation-3: -When talking about computer hardware, physical is a device or object that can be touched with your hand. For example, the computer motherboard is a physical device that can be touched when you open your computer case. However, once installed software is not physical and cannot be touched.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hardware refers to the computer’s tangible components or delivery systems that store and run the written instructions provided by the software. The software is the intangible part of the device that lets the user interact with the hardware and command it to perform specific tasks.

Detailed explanation-5: -Physical devices of computer system are known as hardware. Explanation: Hardware is the physical component of a computer system. Thus, it is a collection of all the parts of a computer which can be touched such as keyboard, mouse, monitor etc.

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