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INPUT DEVICES CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT STORAGE MEMORY STORAGE DEVICES OUTPUT DEVICES
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 Are devices used for entering  Is the brain or the heart of a   computer hardware that 
EXAMPLE FUNCTIO DESCRIPT
data or instructions to the computer records and/or retrieves items
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central processing unit  Is also known as processor and to and from storage media.
 Are classified according to the consist of three units namely -
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method they useinformation
communicate to enter data.
to  the
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a computer system   Main purpose and choice of  reproduces or displays the
a computer or other sort of as known as the Tower storage depends on factors results of that processing
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information processing equipm System Unit Desktop such as portability, speed and

ent System Unit that holds capacity.
 KEYING DEVICES – keyboard  Tower System Unit OR   Floppy disk drive – 3 ½” floppy  Computer Monitor.
 POINTING DEVICES – mouse,  Desktop System Unit “A” Drive  Speakers.
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light pen, stylus pen  Hard drive – Local “C” Drive  Headphones.
 SCANNING DEVICES – scanners  CD/DVD ROM Drive – F, E, F, G  Printers.
 Touchpad and H Drive  Projectors.

Hardware that is not part of the system unit is sometimes called a peripheral device.
Peripheral devices can be external such as a mouse, keyboard, printer, monitor, external Zip drive or scanner
or internal, such as a CD-ROM drive, CD-R drive or internal modem.
Internal peripheral devices are often referred to as integrated peripherals.