Inside a Computer

Inside a Computer

1. Sound Card

   • a device which can be slotted into a computer to allow the use of audio components for multimedia applications.

2. Power supply Unit

   • is an internal hardware component that supplies components in a computer with power.

3. Graphics Card

   • a printed circuit board that controls the output to a display screen.

4. Motherboard

   • a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors for other circuit boards to be slotted into.

5. peripherals

   • able to be attached to and used with a computer

6. RAM

   • place in a computing device where the operating system (OS), application programs and data in current use are kept

7. CPU

   • the brains of the computer where most calculations take place.

8. Hard Drive

   • a disk drive used to read from and write to a hard disk.

9. ROM

   • Once data has been written onto a ROM chip, it cannot be removed and can only be read

10. Fan/Heat Sink

    • a device or substance for absorbing excessive or unwanted hea

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