Hardware

Hardware

1. Motherboard

   • The centre of the computer, where everything connects to

2. Monitor/VDU

   • The Visual Display Unit is an output device that visually displays something

3. Graphics Card

   • Where the graphics are processed

4. Power Supply

   • Supplies power to the computer, to turn it on

5. Hard-drive

   • Where all your saved data is stored

6. Fan

   • Cools the computer down

7. Central Processing Unit

   • Processes input commands to an output device

8. Random Access Memory

   • Volatile, and is used by programs to perform tasks while the computer is on

9. CD-ROM

   • Where you put disks in

10. Read Only Memory

    • Permanent storage that's used to start up your computer