Hardware

Hardware

1. Physical parts of a computer and related devices.

   • Internal components
     • Motherboard: main circuit board pf a computer. It hold various connections.
       • Components conected to this
       • Makes everything work together.
       • Chipset: controls the data
     • Video card: a circuit board that generates video output to the monitor.
     • Sound card: a circuit board that deals with the input and output of the sound
     • Internal memory: ROM and RAM
     • Backing storage: the hard drive
       • Hard disk drive (HDD): more cheapest.
       • Solid state disk: faster and more efficient.
   • External components
     • Monitor
     • Keyboard
     • Mouse
     • Printer
       • Scanner
     • Webcam
     • Touch screen
     • Microphones
     • Speakers