Hardware

Components
BY JORDAN NESICHALAPIO
R6 YR. 11

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Case
Power Supply
Speaker
HDD
SSD
Monitor
Mother Board

Graphics Card
Central Processing Unit
(CPU)
Random-Access Memory
(RAM)
Mouse
Keyboard
Computer
Headset
Printer

Office
Setup

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Monitor

Printer

Speaker
Keyboard

Computer

Case
The case of a computer is the enclosure that contains most of the
components of a computer, this excluded the Monitor, keyboard and
mouse. The case is also referred as computer chassis, tower, system
unit, cabinet or base unit

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Power Supply
The power supply for a computer is the most vital component of a
computer. With ought this the computer is just a box of plastic
components. The power supply, supplies power to other components
of the computer which allow it to function

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Speaker
Computer speakers are external attachment to a computer which
disable the built-in speakers, if any and provide a much better audio
quality. Most speakers use a 3.5 mm stereo phone connector and
utilises a computers sound card.

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HDD
A Hard Disk Drive or HDD is a data storage device used to store
relevant files, and digital information relevant to the user. E.g.
Programs, Photos, Videos etc.

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SSD
The SSD or Solid State Drive is a drive that can hold data when there is
no power but at the same time has no mechanical moving parts. It
uses interfaces which are purely electronic but uses the same Input
Output as normal hard drives. The lack of moving and mechanical
parts means more physical stability and faster access to the data
stored so they tend to be more expensive per GB.

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Monitor
A monitor or sometimes referred to as display is an electronic visual
display for computers, displaying what is on your pc.

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Mother Board
A Motherboard also known as mainboard or system board, is the main
printed circuit board found in computers. It holds many of the crucial
electronic components of the system such as the CPU, SSD and GPU

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Graphics Card (or GPU, Graphics

Processing Unit)
The GPU or Graphics Processing Card is an electronic circuit designed
to manage and boost the performance of video and graphics

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Central Processing Unit

The CPU is the Central Processing Unit performs most of the calculations
which enable a computer to function, and is referred to as the brain of
the computer. It is usually cooled by a heat sink and fan.

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Random Access Memory

Random Access Memory is used by the computer to cache
information (i.e. to load programs faster), and to multi-task more
efficiently. RAM is what the computer takes from the hard drive and
stores, for faster access. It's temporary, and without it, your computer
would be unbearably slow.

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Mouse
A mouse is something you push along your desktop to make a cursor
(pointing device) move on your screen (monitor).

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Keyboard
A keyboard allows the user of a computer to input alphanumeric
information and commands directly.

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computer
The computer is a representation of this assignment, it is everything
listed in this assignment, the computer is a generalised term for every
hardware component and together these make the computer

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Headset
Headphones are a pair of small loudspeakers that are designed to be
held in place close to a user's ears to amplify sounds to the user

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Printer
a printer is a peripheral which makes text on your monitor that uses a
software such as Microsoft Office program like Word into readable
representation of graphics or text on paper.

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