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By Paul John
PARTS OF A COMPUTER
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Modem device connecting computers via phone
line, allowing the exchange of information.
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Network Card the hardware added to the machine that
allows it to communicate with the network.
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SOUND CARD
• circuit board for computer sound that allows a personal computer to receive sound in digital form and reproduce it through speakers
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Case the enclosure that contains most of the components of a
computer (usually excluding the display, keyboard and mouse).
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Key board set of keys: an array of keys in a row or rows
used for operating something such as a computer or musical instrument
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CPUcentral processing unit: the key component of a computer
system, which contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions.
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MOUSEa hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad and inputs selection by clicks; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
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A computer fan is any fan inside a computer case used for cooling purposes, and may refer to fans that draw cooler air into the case from the outside, expel warm air from inside, or move air across a heatsink to cool a particular component. The use of fans to cool a computer is an example of active cooling.
FAN
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ROM VS RAM• CDROM
• (compact disk read-only memory), also written as CD-ROM, is a type of optical storage media that allows data to be written to it only once.
• It stores data for a long period of time
• RAM
• (random access memory) is an acronym for random access memory, a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, and can be rewritten
• It stores data for a short period of time
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CD DRIVE/ BLURAY/ DDRA type of ROM used to store digital data
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A computer display device that displays data or images generated by a computer or terminal
monitor
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Heat sink A device used inside a computer to cool
the processor It is placed directly on top of the processor
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Fan Any fan used inside of a computer to
actively cool It helps the heat sink by blowing air
through it.
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Hard Drive computer hardware that holds and spins
a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it It has the ability to store data
permanently
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Video Card A circuit board in a computer system
designed to generate output for the system's video display screen. A laptop’s is usually soldered to the motherboard
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Output device
electronic or electromechanical equipment that connects to a computer and used to transfer data out of the computer in the form of text, images, sounds, or other media. This can be printed documents, sound,
and video projection
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Input devicesa device that can be used to insert data into a
computer or other computational device, to be used later in various processes
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SOFTWARE Any written program or procedures or
rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memoryThis can be a game, DOS, or programs