COMPUTER HARWARE

COMPUTER HARWARE

1. Physical parts

2. EXTERNAL COMPONENTS

   • Monitor
     • Keyboard
       • Mouse
         • Pheriphericals
           • Webcams

3. INTERNAL COMPONENTS

   • MOTHERBOARD
     • PROCESSOR
       • BRAIN OF THE COMPUTER
     • CHIPSET
     • PORTS & CONNECTORS
       • PORTS
         • USB/USB 2.0/USB 3.0
       • CONNECTORS
         • Network
           • RJ 45
         • Graphic
           • VGA/HDMI
     • STORAGE (CONNECTED TO MOTHERBOARD)
       • RAM
         • Volatile
       • ROM
         • NON-VOLATILE
     • VIDEO CARD
       • GIVES IMAGE
     • SOUND CARD
       • SOUND INPUT/OUTPUT
         • CONNECTORS
           • Jack 3.5
   • STORAGE
     • HDD
       • Slow, Cheap, High Capacity
     • SSD
       • Fast, Expensive, Less Capacity

4. COMPUTER SOFTWARE

   • Is the computer logical support and operates applications, programs...
     • BIOS
       • System stored on the ROM that works when the computer starts up for first time
     • Operating system
       • Windows
         • Most common
         • File System
           • NTFS
           • FAT32
       • Linux
         • Open source
         • File system
           • Ext3
           • Ext4
           • ReiserFS
       • MacOS
         • Apple
         • File system
           • HFS (+)