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    Unit 3

    Introduction to various computer hardware components –motherboard,


    hard disk, memory, various ports/interfaces and related cables, adapters,
    peripherals (Printers and Scanners), their features, and device drivers

    Courtesy: Internet resources


    Quiz
    Types of Computers
    Parts of the Computer System
    • Computer systems have four • Hardware
    parts – Mechanical devices in the
    – Hardware computer
    – Software – Anything that can be touched
    – Data • Software
    – User – Tell the computer what to do
    – Also called a program
    – Thousands of programs exist
    Information Processing Cycle
    • Steps followed to process data
    • Input
    • Processing
    • Output
    • Storage
    Essential Computer Hardware
    • Computers use the same basic hardware
    • Hardware categorized into four types
    Essential Computer Hardware
    • Processing devices
    – Brains of the computer
    – Carries out instructions from the program
    – Manipulate the data
    – Most computers have several processors
    – Central Processing Unit (CPU)
    – Secondary processors
    – Processors made of silicon and copper

    8
    Essential Computer Hardware
    • Memory devices
    – Stores data or programs
    – Random Access Memory
    (RAM)
    • Volatile
    • Stores current data and programs
    • More RAM results in a faster
    system
    – Read Only Memory (ROM) 11

    • Permanent storage of programs


    • Holds the computer boot directions
    Essential Computer Hardware
    • Input and output devices
    – Allows the user to interact
    – Input devices accept data
    • Keyboard, mouse
    – Output devices deliver data
    • Monitor, printer, speaker
    – Some devices are input and 12

    output
    • Touch screens
    Essential Computer Hardware
    • Storage devices
    – Hold data and programs
    permanently
    – Different from RAM
    – Magnetic storage
    • Floppy and hard drive
    • Uses a magnet to access data
    13

    – Optical storage
    • CD and DVD drives
    • Uses a laser to access data
    Peripherals
    Cables, Adapters, Ports
    Identify ports on your devices
    Printers and Scanners
    Exercise
    Detailed specification of any 1 hardware component or a peripheral device
    The IF game ..

    What if you are a ……… (Hardware component/ software)

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