Wednesday, October 10, 2012







Computer components








Computer Hardware
Component Image Descreption Purpose
Computer Case   A Computer Case is the outer shell of a computer. This case is what the motherboard, hard drives, cd drives, etc are mounted to make the complete computer.
In my view, the case is used to hold all components together while improving airflow and protection against damage.
Motherboard   A Motherboard is the main circuit board in your computer that the CPU, memory, video cards, etc plug into. The main purpose of the motherboard is to allow other components to communicate to each other via the motherboard
CPU   The Central Processing Unit (CPU), also known as CPU, is the main processing chip of a computer. This chip processes the information that the various components in the computer pass to it. In current times the speed of the CPU is rated in Mhz or Ghz. 
It is responsible for all the processing of the computer unless there is another process that does the job like a Graphics Processing Unit or Physics Processing Unit.
RAM   Random Access Memory (RAM) is the "working memory" in a computer. Additional RAM allows a computer to work with more information at the same time which can have a dramatic effect on total system performance.  that the data and programs that we use on our computer, which is stored in RAM can be accessed by the processor quicker. The more RAM a computer has, the faster the PC is.
Monitor   The term "monitor" is often used synonymously with "computer screen" or "display."
To display text and graphics, produced by a computer.
Hard Disk   The hard disk drive is the main, and usually largest, data storage device in a computer.
A hard disk is a device that is used to store large amounts of data in a computer system.
Optical disk drive   A storage medium from which data is read and to which it is written by lasers. Optical drives retrieve and/or store data on optical discs like CDs, DVDs, and BDs (Blu-ray discs). Some drives can only read from discs, but recent drives are commonly both readers and recorders, also called burners or writers.
Power Supply   A power supply is a hardware component that supplies power to an electrical device.
converts the power received from the wall outlet to the power power needed to supply power to the mother board and all other components within the PC. 
Graphic card  



A graphics card is responsible for processing and sending images to be displayed on your monitor.

to improve the video and graphics capabilities of your computer.
PCI-Slots   A PCI or Peripheral Component Interconnect slot is a slot used to connect additional extension cards to a PC.
to provide a medium to expand the capabilities of the PC, by adding like modems cards, audio cards, ethernet cards.
Floppy drive   A Floppy Drive - A device that allows your computer to read floppy disks. 

to read floppy disks which
is a small disk drive used in computers for data transfer, storage and backup of small amounts of data, as well as installation of programs and driver updates.

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