Northern Technical University

Technical Engineering College - Mosul

Computer
Organization
Computer Technology Engineering – 1st Year

Mohammed G. Ayoub Practical 01

Lecturer in Electronic Communications and Computer Engineering
 Computer Systems

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 Computer Systems Parts - Hardware vs Software

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 Introduction to Types of Computer Hardware

For every computer system, there can be several hardware components attached to the system as per the requirements.
The computer hardware contains mechanical elements and electronic elements of the computer. The hardware of the
computer system includes:

1. Monitor
2. CPU
3. Keyboard
4. Mouse
5. Printer
6. Sound system
7. RAM
8. Hard disk and many more.

Hardware is used for taking input data from the user, store the data and display the output and execute the
commands given by an individual.

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 Introduction to Types of Computer Hardware

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 Computer Hardware - Monitor

For the computer hardware, the monitor is a device that is used to display the output, videos
and other graphics as it is directly connected to the CPU. The video displayed by the monitor
uses the video card. The monitor can be compared to the television set but the difference is the
resolution and graphics displayed by the monitor are of much high quality compare to the
television set. The desktop is connected via a cable and gets fitted in a computer video card
which is installed in the motherboard of the computer system. For laptops, tablets the monitor
is pre-built in the system and there is no separate hardware installed in these devices. There are
two types of computer monitors which are CRT and LCD. The CRT was used as an old model
of computers. The LCD is used in a modern computer as they are thinner and lighter and easy
to use compared to CRT monitors.

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 Computer Hardware - Keyboard

The keyboard is another type of computer hardware that is used to give input text, commands to the computer. The
keyboard can be wired or wireless. The keyboard contains, alphabets, numbers, special characters and other buttons to
give input to the computer. It is the input device that takes input to the user and processes the commands.

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 Computer Hardware - Mouse

It is a hand operator input device that is used to point something on the screen. The mouse can be wired or
wireless. If the mouse is wired it is connected to the CPU directly. The mouse can uses the laser o ball to scroll
up or down on the screen. Any movement done from the mouse sends instructions directly to the computer to
move the cursor on the screen.

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 Computer Hardware – Printer/Scanner
The printer is a type of hardware that is used to print something which is seen on the computer and then transfer that
displayed information to paper. The printers can be differentiated based on size, processing speed, and other factors. A
scanner is an input device that scans documents such as photographs and pages of text. When a document is scanned, it
is converted into a digital format. This creates an electronic version of the document that can be viewed and edited on a
computer.

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