MGCR 331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Operating System, Database
14 Mar 2012
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Chapter 9: understanding software: a primer for managers: introduction. Computer hardware: the physical components of information technology, which can include the computer itself plus peripherals such as storage devices, input devices like the mouse and keyboard, output devices like monitors and printers, networking equipment, and so on. Software: a computer program or a collection of programs. It is a precise set of instructions that tells hardware what to do. Operating system: the software that controls the computer hardware and establishes standards for developing and executing applications. Applications: includes desktop applications, enterprise software, utilities, and other programs that perform specific tasks for users and organizations. Some firms, like apple and nintendo, develop their own proprietary os for their own hardware. Microsoft sells operating systems to everyone from dell to the atm manufacturer diebold. User interface (ui): the mechanism through which users interact with a computing device.
