Sort of a nervous system of communication. It allows all the components plugged into it to communicate with each other.

Known as Random Access Memory and is used for short term memory like a temporary document it's placed here until you save it to the hard drive and shut the computers off.

Anything that will connect to the outside of the computer, they can be input and output, depending on the device.

The thing in between the fan and the processor and it's simply a piece of metal that helps pull heat away from the processor.

They are integrated circuits that move information from one place on the motherboard to the other.

Big metal block inside the computer that gets power from the outside, converts it, and sends it to everywhere in the computer.

Allow you to add the circuitry and ports needed to add additional peripherals to a computer that didn't come with these ports -- such as adding a high-end video card for gaming.

Port used to connect your monitor (or other visual output device) to your computer.

Port that allows you to have a hard-wired connection to the internet.

Where you plug in a cord to supply power from the wall outlet to the computer.

In charge of waking up the computer every time it's turned on.The bios chip does this and the CMOS battery powers the it.

Sits on top of the heat sink and it helps cool the processor.

Contains all the inner workings of a computer like the mother board and the power supply. Protects all the components and allows you to hook up peripherals to the system

Cables inside of the computer that connect the mother board to the hard drive and CD/DVD drive.