Objectives:

1. To be able to identify the basic

physical parts of a computer system.
2. To be able to understand the role of
the basic physical parts of a
computer system.

Physical Parts of a
Computer System
 AVR

Automatic Voltage
Regulator
Responsible for
supplying stable
power source for the
computer system.
 System Unit
Consists the:
CPU central processing unit
Memory
Power supply
Expansion slots
Basically does the
processing of the inputs from
the user to produce outputs.
 RAM

Power Supply

CPU
 Storage Devices

Hard Disk

CD ROM Drive Floppy Disk Drive

 Mother
Board

Video
Card Sound Card
 Monitor

CRT (cathode ray

tube) or the flat-
screened LCD
(Liquid crystal
display)
The visual display or
output of the
computer system
 Keyboard

An input device
Where the user can direct the computer do as
wanted.
Every key pressed from the keyboard will then
be interpreted by the system unit.
 Mouse

Also an input device like

the keyboard
Serves as a pointer
Makes the movement in
the windows easier and
faster.