Computer Hardware Components Identification

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a big hunk of plastic that houses everything else some of them have more or less physical space some of them have different parts where you can put screws in.

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Computer case

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part of your computer that plugs into the wall and provides all of the other parts with the electricity needed to do their thing. You can think of it as an extremely advanced AC adapter.

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power supply unit

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What is the wide and flat circuit board that all of the other components plug into, allowing them to send electrical currents composing data between each other? It is arguably the most important component because without it you'd have nowhere to put anything else.

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motherboard

Front

Where your computer does things it isn't really capable of storing very much data at all but it's very good at doing things with data quickly, reading it, arranging it, and doing the type of quick and massive calculations needed to run your programs. This is where most of your programs are essentially run from. It's often referred to as the brain of...

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cpu

Front

Where is all of your data stored, including videos, pictures, documents, project files, or the 3D worlds and models that make up a game, with slow accessibility?

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hard drive

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It is used to run the program data found on a computer's hard drive quickly. It plugs directly into the motherboard and works with the hard drive and CPU to use data.

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RAM

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What does the job of displaying things on the monitor and determines what the screen needs to look like? Options: Motherboard, Case, GPU, 3D Worlds

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GPU

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The __________ acts as a space that stores everything for a computer.

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Case

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Gives electricity to the computer.

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Power Supply Unit

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is the "body" that all of the parts of a PC plugs into.

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motherboard