What is the name given to the parts of a computer that you can actually touch?

What is the name given to the parts of a computer that you can actually touch?

The correct answer is: The parts of a computer that you can actually touch and interact with are called hardware.

Here is a breakdown of some common hardware components:

·       Input Devices: 

These are the Components you use to interact with the Computer such as the keyboard mouse microphone webcam scanner and game controllers.

·       Output Devices: 

These components display information or produce sound for the user such as the monitor speakers printer and projector.

·       System Unit (or Case):

This is the box that houses most of the computer’s internal components. While you can touch the case itself the internal components like the CPU (central processing unit) RAM (random access memory) and graphics card are generally not meant to be directly handled.

·       Storage Devices: 

These components store data on the computer such as the hard disk drive (HDD) solid-state drive (SSD) and external storage devices like USB flash drives. While you can Touch the external storage devices the internal ones are typically housed within the system unit.

Remember hardware is the physical counterpart to software which are the programs and instructions that run on the computer. You can’t touch software but you can interact with it through the hardware components.