Components of a

computer
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 Parts of computer
A computer has a lot of parts and components some of them include:
• Motherboard
• Processor
• NIC
• Graphics card
• Sound card
• Internal memory
• Hard disk drive
• Solid state drive etc.
 MOTHERBOARD
A motherboard is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in a computer. The motherboard is a
computer's central communications backbone connectivity point, through which all
components and external peripherals connect. Motherboards can be found in virtually all
computers, especially desktop and laptop PCs
 PROCESSOR
A processor (CPU) is the logic circuitry that responds to and processes the basic instructions
that drive a computer. The Processor is seen as the main and most crucial integrated
circuitry (IC) chip in a computer, as it is responsible for interpreting most of computers
commands.
 GRAPHICS CARD
•A graphics card (also called a video card, display card, graphics
adapter, VGA card/VGA, video adapter, display adapter, or
colloquially GPU) is a computer expansion card that generates a feed of graphics
output to a display device such as a monitor. Graphics cards are sometimes
called discrete or dedicated graphics cards to emphasize their distinction to
integrated graphics processor on the motherboard or the CPU.
 SOUND CARD
A sound card (also known as an audio card) is an internal expansion card
that provides input and output of audio signals to and from a computer
under the control of computer programs. The term sound card is also
applied to external audio interfaces used for professional audio applications
 Solid state drive
solid-state drive (SSD) is a solid-state storage device that uses
integrated circuit assemblies to store data persistently, typically using
flash memory, and functioning as secondary storage in the
hierarchy of computer storage.
It is also sometimes called a semiconductor storage device, a solid-state
device or a solid-state disk,[2] even though SSDs lack the physical spinning
disks and movable read–write heads used in hard disk drives (HDDs) and
floppy disks.[3] SSD also has rich internal parallelism for data processing. [4]
 Hard disk drive
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk,[b] is
an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves
digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly
rotating platters coated with magnetic material.
 Storage devices
A storage devices is a component of the computer that is meant to keep data
or information these include:
USB key
ROM
DVD
Hard disk
Memory card