Computer Application OneBlock 2

Madison Hall

Insides of a computer

Inside of a computer

• Motherboard• Power Supply• Fan• Hard Drive• RAM• DVD Drive• Video Card

Power Supply

• Power Supply- the component that supplies power to a computer.

Motherboard

• Motherboard- the main circuit board of a microcomputer.

• Contains the connectors for attaching boards

Hard drive

• Mechanism that reads and writes data on a hard disk.

Fan

• Cools the computer

Processor

• Control the logic of almost all digital devices, from clock radios to fuel-injection systems for automobiles

RAM

• Random Access Memory• A type of computer memory that can be

accessed randomly, that is, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes

• Most common memory

Video Card

• A board that plugs into a personal computer to give it display capabilities.

CD drive

• compact disc is a polycarbonate with one or more metal layers capable of storing digital information