C Language - Important concepts part-1
C LANGUAGE
SOME IMPORTANT CONCEPTS
What is Hardware ?
Hardware is a comprehensive term for all of the physical parts of a computer, as distinguished from the data it contains or operates on, and the software that provides instructions for the hardware to accomplish tasks.
Hardware is anything which tangible
What is Software ?
Software is collection of instruction or data that tell computer how to work or perform following task.
There are two types of Software:--
System Software -- It is used to operate computer hardware.
Application Software -- It is used by user to perform specific tasks.It's cannot run without presence of system software.
Operation System
It is system software
Examples are DOS, windows XP, windows Vista, windows 7, windows 8, Solaris, Macintosh, Linux,
Ubuntu etc
It provides interface between user and machine
Acts as a manager of the computer system
It does process management, memory management, file management.
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