Name: Eusebio, Kyla Mae M.

Program and Year: HRM 2-1

ACTIVITY 3.1 COMPUTER BASIC PARTS and ITS HISTORY

I. IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF A SYSTEM UNIT AND GIVE ITS
BASIC FUNCTION:
Parts Names Basic Functions

converts mains AC
POWER to low-voltage
SUPPLY UNIT regulated DC power
for the internal
(COMPUTER)
components of a
computer.
It is the safeguards
all of the important—
Case and expensive—parts
of a PC or other
computing device.

It allows you to use

CDs, DVDs, and Blu-
Optical drive ray discs to listen to
music or watch a
movie.
It enable the
computer to input,
Sound card process, and deliver
sound

Graphics It generates output

Card/Video Card images to display

Ram Modules It permit easy

installation and
replacement in
electronic systems,
especially computers
such as personal
computers,
 workstations, and
server.

It is  the logic circuitry

that responds to and
Processors/CPU processes the basic
instructions that drive a
computer. 

It ties the computer's

components together
Motherboard at one spot and
allows them to talk to
each other

It controls the
reading and writing
Hard drive of the hard disk that
provides data
storage.

II. GENERATION OF COMPUTERS

Complete the Table below for the Generation of Computers.

GENERATIO
Period Technology
N
Vacuum Tubes, EINAC (Electronic
First 1942-1955
Numerical Integrator and Calculator)

Second 1956-1964 Tansitors

Third 1965-1975 Integrated Circuit (IC)

Fourth 1974- The present Microprocessors

Fifth The future Artificial Intelligence

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“All we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything.
What we think we become.”
~~~ GOD BLESS YOU ~~~