CS&A | M1 L2 - Components of a Computer by Mr. B

What is an output device that displays information in pictorial or text form?

Windows, Linux, MacOs, and ios are types of

A __________ connects your home to the internet and a __________ connects your devices to Wi-Fi

• computer

• modem

• printer

• router

• network

What is this computer component?

• RAM

• CPU

• Motherboard

• Computer

hard drive

• plays dvds

• storage for all software and files on the computer

• allows the computer to "think"

• cools the CPU

CPU

• supplies power to the components

• the heart of the computer, connects all the components

• connects the hard drive to the motherboard

• the brain of the computer, executes all the programs

Computer component which provides pathways for all components to send electrical signals.

• CPU

• Motherboard

• Power Supply

• Network Interface Card

These were used during the war to help determine the angle and distance to shoot cannons. They are books filled with square root computations

• Ti84

• Calculators

• precomputed tables

• Abacus

Additional components besides the main parts of the computer such as printers and scanners are called:

• Peripherals

• Input Devices

• Programs

• Output Devices

ATX cable

• 10 pin cable that connects the CPU fan to the CPU

• 24 pin cable that supplies electrical current from the power supply to each of the components on the motherboard

• 12 pin cable that connects the hard drive to the motherboard

• 24 pin cable that provides electricity to the power supply