Grade 7 elements of computer system

1. ICT-Grade 6

2.  Information System
◦ Are environments that intend to provide the most
accurate, up-to-date, and relevant information to
individuals within that system. Information systems
capitalize on the advantages of software and hardware
combinations that hope to create the most efficient
environment for sharing information.

3.  Computer System
◦ Composed of hardware, software , data, and user
efficient that exist within it, each element is equally
important in the creation of an efficient system so much
so that failure in one aspect would, most of the time,
mean failure throughout the system.

4.  Users
◦ Information is only useful if it gets to the people who will
find it relevant and would make good use of it. This is
why the user (or Peopleware) is an essential element of
the computer system. The user serves both as a key
source of information and as its major consumer

5.  Hardware
◦ The physical aspects of a computer system is composed
of pieces of hardware. The term “hardware” can describe
any piece of equipment that serves as a part of the
system. A microchip in your personal computer, for
example, is hardware. Same goes for a building full of
supercomputers.

6.  Software
◦ Are sets of logical functions and procedures that enable
computers to do various tasks for its users. Anything
from displaying text on your monitor o merely booting up
on your operating system requires software.

7.  Data
o The primary element traded within a computer system.
Any information entered or displayed by the system can
be considered data.
Procedures
o A list of rules created to regulate the use of a computer
system. Each company creates its own policy on computer
system usage typically by establishing user roles and access
levels. These procedures help guarantee that the system
remains efficient, optimized and most of all, secure.