Components of ComputersCSH

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                                                                     Schematic Diagram of a Computer    

                                                                                                                  A Motherboard 

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                        Central Processing Unit   

          A Hard Disk (storage; more permanent memory)   

                                                                                                                  RAM (active temporary memory) 

Understanding What’s Inside • Briefly research these parts of a personal computer

and share on your findings:• RAM, Hard Disk, CPU

• In terms of what happens inside the computer, describe the process of typing up a paper in Word, saving it, opening it again, and typing more in it.

• Which component(s) of the computer is currently the “bottleneck” in terms of innovations leading to faster computers? i.e what is holding up making them faster?

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The ENIAC (1940-1950)

The AppleIIe(1983 -1990)