UU100 WEB ACTIVITY 5

1. 4 main hard components of a computer

➢ Output
➢ Input
➢ CPU
➢ Memory
2.

Input devices Output devices

Mouse Microphone

Scanner Speaker

Keyboard Printer

3. The central processing unit (CPU) is the brain of the computer. It’s location is inside the
motherboard; its prime function is to carrying commands whenever the user communicate with
the computer.
4. It is a memory that holds frequent request data and orders, so that they are immediately available
to CPU when needed. The significance of the cache memory is to reduce time to access data from
the memory and to avoid the need to access the dynamic RAM to retrieve the same data
repeatedly. There are three different types of cache memory level 1 cache, level 2 cache, level 3
cache.
5. Motherboard
6. A magnetic storage device installed inside a computer while memory is a term used for the
storage size in the drive. Memory can be random inside a computer
7. Similarities and differences between RAM and ROM

SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES

They both stored data RAM is a system temporary memory. RAM

stored and violated memory

Have same methods ROM is manufacture programmed which

cannot be altered. The instruction of ROM are
non- violated

8. The Power supply unit(PSU)

9. AMD and Intel
10. The logic steps are;
● Firstly knowing your needs, what type of computer user are you?
● Secondly, decide on what you need. What software and hardware do you need?
● Thirdly, how much can you afford? What is your personal budget?
● Fourthly, research your price range
● And finally, support and service. Are support and service available for the computer you
have selected?