Hardware

Hardware

1. physical parts of a computer and related devices

2. Motherboard: main circuit board of a computer. It holds the CPU, the memory chips and various connections Video card: a circuit board that generates video output to the monitor. Video cards have their own processor and memory. 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

3. Internal Components

   • Motherboard
   • Video card
   • Sound card
   • ROM and RAM
   • Backing storage