COMPUTERS PART

Dalton alexanderCustomized by: Brigite Monroe

OVERVIEW • Mother Board power unit

• Central Processing Unit (Cpu) Bus

• Rom

• Ram

• Hard Drive

• Sound Card

• Video Card

• Disk Drives

• Floppy drive

• Monitor

• Keyboard

• Mouse

• Case

MOTHERBOARD

• It is the main circuit board In the computer.• It embraces whole components of the

computer.• If a computer had no motherboard it would

not have a computer system so basically it would not work.

CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)

• It is called the brain or the engine of the computer.

• It reads the instructions and it makes them happen.

• It has three components.

• They are called

• arithmetic logic unit

• Control unit

• registers

RAM

• Temporary work place for the Cpu• Holds temporary instructions and data for

the Cpu• Also the ram is volatile in nature meaning it

will lose something when the power shuts off.

ROM

• The rom is non-volatile which means its contents are not lost if powered down,

• Class of storage medium used in computers and other electronic devices .

• data in the rom can’t be modified.

Hard drives

• Also called the HDD• The data that is in it is magnetic• Is a random access non-volatile magnetic

data storage device• It features rigid patterns on a motor-driven

spindle in a enclosed case

Sound card • Is an is an internal computer expansion

card• It does the input and output of audio to and

from a computer under control of computer programs

VIDEO CARD

• It is an expansion card which produces output images to display.

• They usually have more and different function with each different brand.

Disk drives

It enable us to watch dvd and listen to music on our computer Reads the information on cd and dvds.

There are many types of disk the disk drive have to read the most common are

Cd-r cd-rw dvd-r dvd-rw

Floppy drive

• It helps to read the data from the floopy disk

• It was used to hold data• It is no longer used anymore cause of the

advancement in technology

MONITOR

• Displays information in a visual form using text and graphics to make it work properly

• Its like a television screen• It can show still or moving pictures

KEYBOARD

• Is a device to enter data and commands to a computer

• It is one of the most important part of an computer

• The user talk to the computer through the keyboard

• The data that is in typed in the keyboard is put into an language that the cpu can understand

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MOUSE• It is a device used for computer input• It points and clicks on icons and menus• It uses your hand movement to control the

mouse’s movement.

CASE

• Is used to protect the inners of a computer• Helps them connect to the motherboard by

putting them in one spot• Most common computer type is full tower

POWER UNIT

• Is to convert power from the ac to the computer/ laptop battery

• Lack of proper power will damage a computer

• The fan uses the most power. It uses up to 12v.

BUS

• A bus is a system that passes data up and down• It connects to the cpu• They now have self repairable buses

SOURCES

• www.allaboutcomputerparts.com

• www.wikipedida.com