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COMPUTER

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 INSIDE THE COMPUTER 2

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Motherboard 3

• Main circuit board

• A thin plate that holds CPU, memory,
connectors for the hard drive and optical
drives, expansion cards to control the video
and audio, and connections to your
computer’s port (USB)
• Connects directly or indirectly to every part of
the computer
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Motherboard 4

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CPU/ processor 5

• Brain of the computer

• Job is to carry out commands
• Whenever you press a key, click the mouse, or
start an application, you’re sending
instructions to the CPU
• Two-inch ceramic square with a silicon chip

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CPU/ processor 6

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CPU/ processor 7

• Speed: megahertz (MHz) – millions of

instructions per second, gigahertz (GHz) –
billion of instructions per second
• A faster processor can execute instruction
more quickly.
• But it depends on on the speed of many diff
component not just processor.
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RAM 8

• Short-term memory
• Disappears when the computer is turned off
• Measured in megabytes (MB) or gigabytes
(GB)

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Hard drive 9

• Software, documents , and other files are

stored
• Long-term storage – saved data even it is
turned off

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Power supply unit 10

• Converts the power from the wall outlet to the

type of power needed by the computer
• Sends power through cables to the
motherboard and other components

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References 11

• What is Computer?
• GCFLearnFree.org
• Understanding PC Hardware (K12). 2017. Jemma
Development Group
• Ten Commandments Retrieved from
http://www.computerethicsinstitute.org/images/TheTenCom
mandmentsOfComputerEthics.pdf
• Images Retrieve from Google Search

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