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Page 1: P1 - Computer components

Computer

Components!!

By Jake Alflatt

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Motherboard

• The Motherboard, or mainboard, is the

backbone of the computer. All the

individual pieces connect to the

motherboard in some way.

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Capacitor

• A capacitor (formerly known

as condenser) is a passive two-

terminal electrical component used to

store energy in an electric field

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Hard Drive

• This is the part of your computer where

information is stored for later retrieval. All the

information you access on your computer, all

your documents, pictures, email messages,

and programs are here.

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Power supply

• A power supply powers many things such

as floppy drive, hard drive, optical drive

and the mother board

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FireWire

• The Firewire is a serial bus Which is an

alternative to USB.

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USB Port

• USB (Universal Serial Bus) is the port that

holds the USB cable.

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Sound Card

• A sound card is the audio for the

computer it has: speaker, microphone,

line in and headphones.

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Processor

• This is the chip that does the thinking of

the computer.

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Power Connectors

• These are the cables that lead from the

power supply to different parts of the

computer

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Heat Sink

• A heat sink transfers heat generated

within a solid material to a fluid medium,

such as air or a liquid.

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PCI Slot

• These are outlets in the

motherboard that allow you to

install extra components like sound

cards, modems, video cards, and

other devices.

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Graphics card

• A graphics card is an expansion

card which generates output images to a

display.

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Floppy Drive

• This is the slot in the front of your

computer where you insert a disk to store

data and move it to another computer.

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CD ROM

• This plays your, or if you have a DVD

drive, it will also play DVD movies.

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RAM

The RAM is like the thing that saves

the data while the computer is

turned on and when the computer

goes off the RAM loses data

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Case

• The case is the chassis for all the

components to go in and the case holds

everything.

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CPU

• This is the actual brains of the computer this

is what reads the information and sends it

round the computer.


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