components of a computer

components of a computer

1. CPU

   • Central processing unit
   • the brain of the computer which performs all the calculations at the centre of a computer system

2. optical drive/CD

   • An internal device which can store data on CDs and DVD disks

3. RAM

   • High speed data memory inside the CPU used for recently processed data
   • Ramdon acsses memory

4. ROM

   • Reads only memory
   • It cannot alter any of the data but can only read it

5. Graphic card

   • Helps improve the quality of the image in the screen or monitor

6. Sound card

   • To help improve the quality of the sound that you can hear

7. Power supply

   • Keeps an average voltage running through the whole way through

8. Floppy drive

   • reads and wites from the floppy disk
     • external storage device
       • Which you can around.

9. Fan

   • Cools down the components when they get heatened

10. Hard Drive

    • writes information