[Hardware] Examples of Computing Hardware, Its Classification, History, Types and Characteristics

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We explain what computing hardware is, how it is classified and its storage units. In addition, its characteristics, peripherals and examples.

What is computing hardware?
Computing hardware is the set of physical and material elements, tangible, that make up a computer system or a computer. This includes its mechanical, electronic, electrical and peripheral components, and excludes the logic programs and digital elements, which make up the software .

The distinction between hardware and software in computing is similar to that between body and soul in certain branches of philosophy : the first term implies the physical and perishable aspects , while the second the intangible and ethereal aspects.

Origin of the term
The term computing hardware has been used since the 16th century, when it designated tools made of hard or heavy metals such as iron , intended for hardware or physical work. But since the 1940s, with the appearance of the first and primitive automatic calculation systems and then computerized calculation, it became essential to distinguish between the physical aspect of the machine and the logical one, which is why this term was rescued with a new meaning. since 1947.

 

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