Hardware

Hardware

1. The physical components of a computer

   • Internal
     • Mother Board
     • Hardrive
     • Power Supply
   • External
     • Keyboard
     • Mouse
     • Monitor

2. ROM

   • Read-only memory
     • ROM stores data that needs to be permanent

3. RAM

   • Random access memory
     • RAM is a chip where data is temporarily stored whilst running applications
     • When the computer is turned off it loses its contents
       • Volatile Memory
     • RAM stores the data, files or part of the operating system in use