Computer parts and functions

1. Computer casing/housing – is an enclosure that holds all the wires and

components of the computer inside.
2. Motherboard/Mainboard – connects/wires all of the other computer parts
together, also known as the backbone of computer.
3. Processor/CPU – is basically the brains of the computer. It is responsible for
interpreting every code it receives from the other computer components, and
making it usable to your operating system.
4. HDD or Hard Disk Drive – the part of computer that stores information and
data.
5. RAM or Random Access memory – a volatile memory that is used as a
temporary location to execute instructions.
6. ODD or Optical Disk Drive – the part of computer that are used to read or
write data from discs which can be removed and carried.
7. Northbridge chipset – is the chip that communicates with the computer
processor and controls interaction with memory, the Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI) bus, L2 cache, and all Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
Activities.
8. Southbridge chipset – is the chip that controls all of the computers I/O
functions, such as USB, audio, serial, the system BIOS, the ISA bus, the
interrupt controller and the IDE/ATA channels.
9. PSU or Power supply unit – the part of computer that converts mains AC to
low voltage regulated DC power for the internal components of a computer.
10. ROM or Read only memory – is a type of non-volatile memory used in
computer to store firmware.
11. CMOS or Complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor – is a small amount of
memory on a computer motherboard that stores the BIOS settings.
12. CMOS battery - powers CMOS to maintain the system time and date as well as
hardware settings and information.
13. BIOS – computer chip on the motherboard that contains a special
program/firmware that helps the processor interact and control the other
components.