OUTPUT HARDWARE

Provide the user with the means to view information produced by the computer system•Information is output in either hardcopy or softcopy form•Hardcopy output can be held in your hand such as paper with text or graphics printed on it•Softcopy output is displayed on a monitor, televisionlike screen on which you can read text and graphics•A computer is an inanimate device that has no intelligence of its own and must be supplied with instructions so that it knows what to do and how and when to do it•These instructions are called software•Software is made up of a group of related programs•Each of which is a group of related instructions that perform very specific processing tasks.