Hardware and Software Report.

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        In this report, I will be discussing what hardware, software, operating system, and how this would be benefiting the company.  I will also state how I used the hardware and software, which helped the company.  Once that I done, I will describe the advantages and disadvantages of the hardware and software that I used, and compare them to the hardware and software that I could have used.

Definitions of hardware, software and operating system:

Computer hardware typically consists chiefly of electronic devices (CPU, memory, display) with some electromechanical parts (keyboard, printer, disk drives, tape drives, loudspeakers, floppy discs) for input, output, and storage, though completely non-electronic.

        A package/application is a complete, self-contained program that performs a specific function directly for the user. This is in contrast to system software such as the operating system kernel, server processes and libraries, which exists to support application programs.

The operating system is Software designed to control the hardware of a specific data-processing system in order to allow users and application programs to make use of it.

The hardware that I used was:

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  • Tulip monitor: low emission
  • Tulip CPU: E85-00970
  • Tulip mouse: M-S48a
  • HP LaserJet 2200d
  • HP LaserJet 4200n
  • Floppy disc
  • Internet modem

The software that I used was:

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Paint
  • Windows Xp
  • Microsoft Word Pad
  • Internet explorer
  • Windows Me

The advantages of the hardware that I used were:

  • My work was saved on a CPU, and so my work wouldn’t get lost.
  • My work was save on a floppy disc as backup.
  • The laser HP LaserJet 2200d and HP LaserJet 4200n was very fast in printing my work.
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