THE COMPUTER

THE COMPUTER

1. HARDWARE COMPONENTS

2. TYPES OF COMPUTERS

   • PERSONAL COMPUTERS
   • SUPERCOMPUTERS
   • MAINFRAMES

3. MOTHERBOARD AND CPU

   • THE MICROPROCESSOR
   • ELEMENTS OF A COMPUTER
   • THE MOTHERBOARD
   • RAM MEMEORY
   • THE POWER SUPPLY

4. HARD DISK AND DVD

   • THE HARD DRIVE
     • LOCATION OF THE HARD DRIVE
     • EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES
     • INSIDE OF THE HARD DRIVE
     • CAPACITY OF HARD DRIVE
   • OPTICAL MEMORIES DEVICES
     • TYPE OF CD AND DVD
     • HOW AN OPTICAL READ
     • CD AND DVD UNITS
     • CAPACITY OF OPTICAL DISC
     • INFORMATION ON AN OPTICAL DISC
     • HOW AN OPTICAL DISC RECORDED

5. THE COMPUTER

6. PORTS AND EXPANSION CARDS

   • PORTS
     • -USB port -PS2 port -VGA port -HDMI port -Sound ports -Network port and Ethernet port
   • EXPANSION CARDS
     • -Video card and graphics card -Sound card -Network and Ethernet card -USB port expansion card

7. PERIPHERALS

   • INPUT PERIPHERALS
     • -Keyboard -Mouse -Webcam
   • OUTPUT PERIPHERALS
     • -Monitor -Printer -Speakers
   • INPUT/OUTPUT PERIPHERALS
     • -Hard Drive -USB memory -CD and DVD reader/writer