Components of a personal computer:

Components of a personal computer:

1. Motherboard and Central Processing Unit (CPU)

   • The motherboard is the main circuit board in the computer
     • It has slots to plug in other boards and sometimes it has built-in-sound and video controllers
       • Better-quality sound and video can be achieved if the computer has separate sound and video cards rather than using the ones built in to the motherboard
   • The CPU is a computer chip that's sits on the motherboard
     • It carries out the main processing fucntions for the computer
       • Newer computers contain dual- or quad-core processor to make the computer work more quicker

2. Methods of Processing