THE COMPUTER

THE COMPUTER

1. INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

   • Hardware components
   • Software components
   • Types of computer
     • Personal computers
     • Mainframes
     • Supercomputers

2. MOTHERBOARD and CPU

   • Elements of a computer
   • The motherboard
   • The microprocessor
   • RAM memory
   • The power supply

3. HARD DISK AND DVD

   • Hard drive
     • Location of the hard drive
     • External hard drives
     • How is the inside of a hard drive?
     • Capacity of hard drives
   • Optical memory devices
     • CD & DVD units
     • Types of CD & DVD
     • How is the info stored on an optical disc?
     • How an optical disc is read?
     • How is an optical disc recorded?
     • Capacity of optical disks

4. PORTS AND EXPANSION CARDS

   • The ports
   • Expansion cards

5. PERIPHERALS

   • Input peripherals
   • Output peripherals
   • Input & output peripherals

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