Everything
about a computer falls into a particular category. Even the motherboard, hard
drive, Windows XP, and your keyboard fall into one of these basic computer
sections.
- Hardware refers to the basic parts that make up your
computer. For example a hard drive, memory, and motherboard are part of
the hardware of your computer.
- Peripherals are those pieces of hardware that you add on to your computer. For example a mouse, keyboard, modem, monitor, etc