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Computer Components

The document discusses basic computer components and their functions. It compares the CPU to the brain, the motherboard to the skin and skeleton, and RAM to hands. It also likens the power supply to the heart, the hard drive to a backpack, and the video card to eyes with glasses. The document seeks to explain computer hardware by relating components to parts of the human body and their functions.

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Computer Components

The document discusses basic computer components and their functions. It compares the CPU to the brain, the motherboard to the skin and skeleton, and RAM to hands. It also likens the power supply to the heart, the hard drive to a backpack, and the video card to eyes with glasses. The document seeks to explain computer hardware by relating components to parts of the human body and their functions.

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BASIC

COMPUTER COMPONENTS
1. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTER IN
OUR DAILY LIFE?
2. DEFINE COMPUTER HARDWARE SYSTEM?
3. WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF THE COMPUTER?
CPU

• The CPU is like the brain. It does all the thinking and makes everything work.
The CPU controls all the other parts in the computer. Just like your brain
controls your body.
MOTHERBOARD

• The motherboard is like the skin and skeleton of the computer. It holds every
part together and makes sure each part can work with one another.
RAM

• RAM is like the hands of the human body. If a person has more hands, they can
do more things at once and multitask more efficiently. If someone has a job that
requires two hands but they only have one hand, it will slow them down. But if
a job requires one hand and the person has four hands, then it is pointless to
have a lot of hands. Every program on your computer takes up RAM More
RAM more programs can run at the same time more efficiently. RAM
measured in GB, and it is usually from 1GB to 8GB.
POWER SUPPLY

• The power supply is like the heart. Just like the heart has to pump blood
throughout the body, the power supply has to make sure there is enough power
for all the parts in the computer or it will not work. Power supplies are
measured in watts and are usually anywhere between 300W all the way up to
800W+.
HARD DRIVE

• A hard drive is like a huge backpack that is being worn at all times. It is where
everything is stored. Pictures, movies, documents, are all stored in this
backpack. The bigger the backpack, the more it could hold. Sometimes the
backpack gets very messy because there is so much stuff in it so you would
want to “defragment” it. What this does is it organizes everything in the
backpack so it is easier to find stuff later. Hard drives are measured in GB and
TB. 1000GB = 1TB.
VIDEO CARD

• A video cards like the eyes of a person with very bad eyesight. It lets you see
everything that is happening but it needs eyeglasses (monitor) to show you.
Without the video card you can’t see what you’re doing
• Which part of the computer is used to type in information into the computer?

• Storage device that stores a large amount of data.

• Device used to insert data into a computer (ex: keyboard, mouse, microphone, camera)

• Scanners are considered an input device?

• Another name for the CPU is?

• ROM is temporary memory?

• The component that allows you to display graphics on the computer.

• Is it safe to share personal information about yourself on the Internet?

• Which one of these components are not considered hardware?


• A. Hard Drive. B. Browser. C. CPU. D. ROM
ASSIGNMENT

• Given the following data on page 20-21.Figure 1-A in your textbook, Print and
submit in a short bond paper.
• Read the page 20-21 and
• Answer page 23 .Task 1

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