Visit our Circulation department for print subscription information. In last week's column, I explained the basic function of the CPU, CD-Drives, and modems. In last week's column, I explained the basic function of the CPU, CD-Drives, and modems. If you'll remember from the first article in this series, hardware is anything you can touch. Keyboards, mice, monitors, floppy disk drives - they are all hardware.
Software drives the hardware.
Another Some examples of software include Quicken, Family Tree Maker, Internet Explorer, and even Solitaire. One very important piece of software is the Operating System. English is the foundational key necessary to comprehend this text. The operating system is the foundational key necessary for your computer to operate. When you move your mouse, the operating system moves the arrow on the screen.