Computer hardware

Computer hardware

1. Motherboard

   • Microprocessor socket
   • Chipset
   • RAM memory slots
   • ATX connector
   • IDE and SATA connections
   • Expansion slots
   • external connections
   • Chip and battery for BIOS

2. Microprocessor

   • Most important part of the computer

3. Internal connectors

   • PCI
     • Peripheral component interconector
   • AGP
     • Accelerated device electronics
   • IDE
     • Integrated device electronics
   • SATA
     • Serial advanced technology attachment

4. Ports

   • USB
     • Universal serial bus
   • IEEE
     • Firewire
     • i.Link

5. Memory

   • RAM
     • Random-access memory
   • ROM
     • Read-only memory
   • Caché memory

6. Computer Software

   • BIOS
     • The computer's basic input and output system.
     • Special program stored on a small device on the motherboard
     • Once the hardware components start to boot up, the BIOS take the control of the computer.
   • Operating sistem
     • Is the software that enables us to use the phone or tablet hardwere and applications
     • Dominant opperation systems
       • Android
       • IOS
       • Windows 10
   • Mobile devices applications
     • they must be specially designed for thembecause they have numerous specific characteristics
   • Hard disks
     • Boot sector
     • Partitions
       • Primary
       • Extended
   • Fyle system
     • the way files are stored, organised and managed.
     • Each OS uses its own file systems, which have been designed to obtain maximum performance with a specific OS or medium.
     • For the partition and its drives to be usable, it must first be assigned a file system. This operation is called formatting.
   • Files and folders
     • Sets of information that are stored on the disck drive and identified by a representative name (file name)