internal parts of a computer and their functions
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Internal parts of a computer and their
functions.by Emily Scamell
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CPU
A CPU is known as the brain or the core of the computer, it controls the processing of the computer.
Processing= computers language
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Screen
The screen is something you know, you are looking into it now. The screen allows us to see inside the computers processing.
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Power supply
The power supply supplies all the computer components with electricity.
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Fans
The fans are added to prevent the computer from over heating.
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Mother board
The mother board connects all the components in the computer.
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Ram (Random accessing memory)
The Ram is the main memory of the computer and is fond in the mother board.
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PCB (printed circuit board)
PCBs or adapter cards come in twos, the sound card and the video and graphics card. They enhance the sound and video quality on the computer.
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NIC (network interface card)
Allows the computer to connect to the internet.
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FDD (floppy disk drive)
A drive that can read or write on a removable magnetically coated floppy disk. It is a type of storage medium and back up device.
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HDD (hard disk drive)
A drive that can run on a magnetically coated platter, that spins at high speed. There can be more than one in a platter in the hard drive. While the platter is rotating the magnetic head reads the data stored on it.
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Optical drives
There are two types of optical drives, the DVD drive is a built in DVD player. DVD players allow the computer to read DVD’s and show their data. The other optical drive is a CD-ROM drive, it allows the computer to run CD-ROM’s.
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