Computer Components
Kit Miller
Components in a Computer...
- Hard Drive- external, Internal.
- Speaker.
- Motherboards.
- Power supply.
- Input/Output
- Touch Screens
- Monitor.
- CPU.
- Keyboard.
- Mouse.
- Disc Drive.
- RAM.
- ROM
- Sound Card.
- Graphics Card.
Power Supply
A PSU converts normal mains power to DC power for the internal components of a computer.
Graphics Card
Also called a video card. It makes a feed of output images to a display.
Hard drive
Hard drives are devices which hold data, this data is magnetically recorded on a disk called a platter.
RAM
Random-access Memory
Mouse
To control the computer.
Sound Card
Also known as a audio card, To control sound.
MotherBoard
Basically a MotherBoard is a device which all the other devices like sound cards and RAM's connect to.
Monitor
The computer screen which shows you what you are doing.
ROM
Also known as Read only Memory or Firmware. ROM chips are not just used in computers but other electronics too.
Touch Screen
A touch screen is a electronic device which can be activated, not using buttons but the screen is sensititive to a little bit of pressure. This means that to work the machine you have to touch icons on the screen without putting any big pressure on the screen like you would have to do with a button phone.
Input/Output
In computing, Input/Output is the communication between one computer and either a human or another computer.
Sources
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/motherboard.htm (this website gave me information on lots of different components.