Fundamentals of Computer Hardware: An Overview of Computer Components and Devices, Slides of Information Technology

Download Fundamentals of Computer Hardware: An Overview of Computer Components and Devices and more Slides Information Technology in PDF only on Docsity! COMPUTER PARTS AND ITS FUNCTION Pylon Alexis A. Idulsa Instructor 4 BASIC PARTS OF COMPUTERS  Monitor  where you can see all the output or data you’ve inputted to the computer  Keyboard  use to type the data to transfer the hardcopy to soft copy  Mouse  enable you to click or select, drag and drop some items  System unit  the largest component of the computer and where you can locate the motherboard SYSTEM UNIT  CPU Fan  it incorporates a fan or other mechanism to reduce the temperature of a hardware component like processor.  Video Card/ Graphics Card  an expansion card that connects to the motherboard of the computer  a computer hardware that processes images and video, some of the tasks normally handled by the CPU  Power Supply  a computer hardware component that supplies all other components with power COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE  Computer Hardware  any physical device used in or with your machine  something you can hold in your hand Example/s: Monitor RAM Keyboard ROM Mouse Printer Motherboard Hard Disk Drive COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE  Computer Software  a collection of programming code installed on your computer's hard drive  cannot be held in your hand.  Example/s:  Chrome MS Word  Firefox MS Excel  Google Meet MS Powerpoint  Facebook Other MS Office Application “EDUCATION is for everyone, but NOT everyone can afford EDUCATION” Thank you and God bless!