Five major components of a computer?

Answer 1

The most popular CPUs are made by Intel and AMD

Motherboard,

The motherboard is where all the communication goes on, you need of these to be able to get the HD, CPU, RAM and other cards you might have added such as Wireless network card to work together.

RAM,

Random Access Memory, writing to the harddrive and reading from it takes a long time (to computers) and also causes wear and tear of the HD.

RAM is used to quickly store temporary data, and also quickly read data from it. Data stored in RAM disappears when the power is off. That's why only temporary data is stored there.

Hard Drive,

This is needed to store information permanently on your computer (unlike RAM).

You need this to have an operating system running, and other software you might want to use.

Power Supply,

This does not need much explaining, you need a power supply to get your computer to work!

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Video Card

You need a way to interact with computers, though this is not ESSENTIAL for a computer to work, it is needed for a conventional desktop otherwise you would end up with a computer that does not tell you what you are doing, hence being completely useless. The most popular Video Cards are made by Intel, nVidia and AMD/ATI

Answer 2

I'm pretty sure they are the hard drive, motherboard, RAM, CPU (Thats an important one), power supply. five basic components of computer are Input devices,Output devices,System unit,Storage devices,Communication devices.

Answer 3

Five major components of a computer are the Hard drive (CPU), the monitor, the keyboard, the mouse, and various ports like the CD-ROM. Other components might include a webcam or a printer and fax machine that can be added to enhance usage.

Answer 4

- Monitor (screen, output device)

- Keyboard (input device)

- Mouse (input device)

-CPU- central processing unit (brain of computer)

Other important terms and components related to a computer

Hard disk (storage device),

RAM (temporary memory used to keep data which is currently used by programs running on computer),

Motherboard (circuit board)

Processor (processes the instructions and data)

Answer 5

If you are talking the 5 major components to pass POST then they are:

1. Power Supply
2. Motherboard
3. CPU
4. Memory
5. Video (sometimes bundled with the motherboard)

Answer 6

Well the general components of a computer are 1) Input devices , 2) Memory Unit,

3) Control Unit, 4) Arithmetic and Logical Unit and 5) Output devices...

Answer 7

Five basic elements of a computer are a mouse, keyboard, monitor, hard drive, and CD-ROM. The computer also has various ports for plugging in accessories.

Answer 8

Most authorities would say there are only four: Controller, Arithmetic and Logic Unit, Input/Output and Memory. Perhaps you could separate the Input/Output into two units.