Hello kids,
welcome to another lesson of computer for kids by CompuTeach Education Consult.
In the Last lesson, we discuss about the 3 groups of computer which are the hardware, software and humanware.
Today we will be discussing about the Hardware in details.

The computer Hardware is broadly divided into 4 groups;
1. The Input devicess
2. The Output devices
3. The Storage devices
4. The Processing Device

The Input Device

these are the devices or peripheral  (piece of computer hardware equipment) used to provide data and control signals to  a computer. Examples of input devices include keyboard, mouse, scanner, digital camera and joystick.

the output devices

Any peripheral or device that receives or displays output from a computer. An inkjet printer is an a good example of an output device that can make a hard copy of anything on a computer. other are

 monitor

plotter

projector

speaker

the storage devices

also known as storage media, or storage medium, a storage device is a device capable of holding information. There are two storage devices used in computers; a primary storage  device such as computer RAM and a secondary storage  device such as a computer hardware. The secondary storage could be a removable, internal or external storage.

 

processing device 

Processing devices in a computer are responsible for controlling the storage, processing and retrieval of information. The information is processed by the computer processor Central Processing Unit, which performs data calculations, data comparisons, and data copying with the information from the processing devices. The CPU then saves that information to the computer memory RAM.

 

in our next lesson, we will discuss about Software in details