Defining the terms

i)Hardware- Hardware is a general term that refers to the physical artifacts of a technology. It may also mean the physical components of a computer system, in the form of computer hardware.

ii)Software- Computer software is a general term used to describe a collection of computer programs, procedures and documentation that perform some tasks on a computer system.

iii)Input device- An Input device is any piece of computer hardware equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system (such as a computer). Input and output devices make up the hardware interface between a computer and the user or external world.

iv)Storage device- A storage device is a device used for storing something.

v)Output device- An output device is any piece of computer hardware equipment used to communicate the results of data processing carried out by an information processing system (such as a computer) to the outside world.