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Key Computer Hardware Components

The document lists and defines common computer hardware components including the monitor, mouse, trackpad, keyboard, CPU, RAM, ROM, graphics card, bus, cache, motherboard, power supply, modem, and CPU cooler. The motherboard holds together many crucial components like the CPU, memory, and connectors for input/output devices.

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Key Computer Hardware Components

The document lists and defines common computer hardware components including the monitor, mouse, trackpad, keyboard, CPU, RAM, ROM, graphics card, bus, cache, motherboard, power supply, modem, and CPU cooler. The motherboard holds together many crucial components like the CPU, memory, and connectors for input/output devices.

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CHAPTER IV

Components of a Computer Hardware


 MONITOR

Computer screen; used for viewing output


from a computer

 MOUSE
Input device used to obtain motion based input
from the user
 GRAPHICS CARD
 TRACKPAD
Used to compute the image values to be
Similar to a mouse but obtains data directly
displayed on a graphical output
from users
 BUS
 KEYBOARD
A network architecture in which a set of clients
Input device used to obtain static predefined
are connected via a shared communications
symbol input
structure in the single cable
 CPU (CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT)
 BUS
Processes tasks given to it by the computers A network architecture in which a set of clients
operating system are connected via a shared communications
 RAM (RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY) structure in the single cable

 CACHE
Used as temporary storage space for task data
that is being processed. collection of data duplicating original values
stored elsewhere on a computer
 ROM (READ ONLY MEMORY)
 MOTHERBOARD
Type of computer memory used mainly to
store core computing software. It holds together many of the crucial
components of a computer, including the
central processing unit (CPU), memory and
connectors for input and output devices.

 POWER SUPPLY
 power supply unit or PSU, the component
that supplies power to a computer.

 MODEM
An internal modem is basically an
external modem and serial port mounted upon
a PC bus card

 CPU COOLER
A CPU cooler is device designed to draw heat
away from the system CPU and other
components in the enclosure.

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