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Motherboard: a big circuit board where everything is connected.
Hard Drive: a form of digital storage where magnetic disk platters inside the drive (usually 2 or 3) spin at 5,400RPM, 7,000RPM or 10,000RPM (WD Velociraptor) and is constantly being written on and read by a magnetic drive head. They are connected to the motherboard via SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) cables. Older drives use IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) cables.
CPU/Processor: A chip consisting of many electronic components (mainly transistors) and is connected to the motherboard. This is basically the brain of the whole computer.
RAM: Stands for Random Access Memory. Data is temporarily stored here to calculate things.
BIOS: Stands for Basic Input/Output System. This is a very basic chip which communicates with the software/OS to work.
Case: a box for the hardware to go in.
Graphics card: Is connected to your motherboard's PCIe or AGP slot. AGP is older.
Fans: cools various parts of the computer.
Optical drive: a laser reads CDs and DVDs in these drives. They spin the discs to read them. DVDs hold more than CDs.
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What were the parts of hardware for computer during 1975?
what is hardware computer parts
What is the physical parts of the computer is called?
The hardware
The two main parts of a computer are its hardware and?
Computers have hardware (the parts the computer is made up from) and software (programs)
What do we mean by hardware computer?
Computer hardware is the physical parts of the computer. This is in contrast to software, which is the non physical programs that the hardware runs.
Any computer parts that you can actually touch are considered to be what?
Hardware
What do you call the parts of the computer?
Hardware
What is the definition of computer program?
A combination of computer instructions and data definitions that enable computer hardware to perform computational or control functions.
How about the computer engineering?
study of hardware and software parts of computer
The tangible parts of the computer systems are pieces of?
"Computer Hardware"
What are the collective parts of a computer called?
hardware
What are all the parts of a computer called?
Hardware
What are the electronic and mechanical parts of a computer?
hardware
