Parts of Computer

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COMPUTER’S PARTS

The computer is collections

of physical elements that constitutes a computer system.

The physical parts or

components of a computer such as the monitor, mouse, keyboard, CPU (Central

Processing Unit), speakers, printer, modem, etc.

A peripheral is a devic

e that used to put information into or get

infomation out of the computer.

There are three different

types of peripherals:

ü Input, used to interact with or send data to the computer (mouse,

keyboard, scanner, etc).

ü Output, which provides output to the user from the computer

(monitors, printer, speakers, etc).

ü Storage, which stores data processed by the computer (hard-drives,

flash-drives, etc).