Components

Components

1. MOTHERBOARD... CONNECTS ALL COMPONENTS

2. POWER SUPPLY... SUPPLIES POWER TO THE COMPONENTS

   • FETCH- DECODE- EXECUTE CIRCLE
   • 1 HERTZ, 1 INSTRUCTION CARRIED OUT EACH SECOND

3. CPU... PROCESSES INFORMATON

4. RAM... STORES DATA WHILE POWERED

   • FLOPPY DRIVE... READS AND WRITES DATA FROM FLOPPY DISKS

5. FAN... COOLS THE COMPONENTS THAT MAY GET HOT

6. HARD DRIVE... READS AND WRITES DATA ONTO METAL PLATTERS

7. OPTICAL DRIVE... READS AND WRITES DATA ON COMPACT DISKS

8. 1 KILOHERTZ, 1000 CIRCLES PER SECOND

9. 1 MEGAHERTZ, 1000000 CIRCLES PER SECOND

10. 1 GIGAHERTZ, 1000000000 CYCLES PER SECOND

11. PROCESSOR SPEED

12. RAM...SPEED COMPUTER WORKS FROM IT... WHEN IT,S ON

13. COMPUTER FETCHES INFORMATION FROM THE MEMORY...RAM