Computer Hardware
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Computer partsVideo card: Connects to the mother board, creates the images that appear on the monitor
Circuit(adj.): of a route or journey; Hard Drive: Contained within your computer's tower, the hard drive provides the PC's main storage area. It contains My Documents, and all the other folders and programs on the C: drive. Optical Drive: A hardware device that uses lasers or light to read from, and maybe even write to, CD's, DVDs, or Blu-ray discs. Motherboard: A circuit board that contains all of the computer system's main components CPU: Abbreviation of central processing unit. The CPU is the brains of the computer. Sometimes referred to simply as the processor or central processor, the CPU is where most calculations take place. Processor: (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing ROM: Read Only memory - cannot be changed, just read, on motherboard. RAM: Random Access Memory, can be changed, storage in short or long term memory. Operating System: (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services Graphics Card: A board that plugs into your computer to allow it to display graphics. Power Supply: How electricity gets to your computer. Optimize: An act, process, or methodology used to make a design or system as effective or functional as possible within the given criteria and constraints. Memory chip: aka RAM (random access memory) processes information before it is sent into input or output. |
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