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Hardwares: Engr. James Francis B. Aguilar

The document discusses the main hardware components of a computer system. It describes the central processing unit (CPU) and its variety of shapes and sizes. The motherboard contains circuitry that allows components to communicate. Hard drives store data magnetically on platters. Removable storage devices like floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, and USB drives allow transferring files. Other hardware includes the keyboard, mouse, monitor, printer, modems, scanners, computer case, and expansion cards added to increase capabilities.

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Hardwares: Engr. James Francis B. Aguilar

The document discusses the main hardware components of a computer system. It describes the central processing unit (CPU) and its variety of shapes and sizes. The motherboard contains circuitry that allows components to communicate. Hard drives store data magnetically on platters. Removable storage devices like floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, and USB drives allow transferring files. Other hardware includes the keyboard, mouse, monitor, printer, modems, scanners, computer case, and expansion cards added to increase capabilities.

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HARDWARES

Engr. James Francis B. Aguilar


Hardware
 are the parts of computer itself including the
Central Processing Unit (CPU) and related
microchips and micro-circuitry, keyboards,
monitors, case and drives
Central Processing Unit

 It refers to the specific chip or processor


 CPUs come in a wild variety of shapes, sizes,
socket sets, and architectures
Clock Speed
• determines on how speed the processor
perform specific function
– The first computer operate below 30
Megahertz
– The Pentium chips began at 75 MHz in
the late 1990's
Motherboard
 contains the circuitry and connections that
allow the various component to
communicate with each other
 is actually even more central than the Central
Processing Unit.
Hard Drive
 A Hard drive is a series of magnetic platters
on an axle or spindle that stores tiny bits of
magnetic metal in patterns that it can read
later
HARD DRIVES
MULTIMEDIA KEYBOARD
Keyboard
 allows you to input data into your computer.
It too can be wired or wireless, PS2 or USB.
 The standard keyboard has 101 keys.
The keyboard shown on
the left is a "natural"
keyboard that is split in
the middle and curved
to account for the
shoulder width of the
person using it.
STANDARD KEYBOARD
Removable Storage and/or
Disk Drives
 disk -is the storage device which contains
computer files - or software
 drive -is the mechanism that runs the disk.
Floppy Disk Drive Floppy Disk

USB Disk
CD (600-750MB)

DVD (4.5GB - 9GB)

Note:
They have the same diameter and thickness

Blu-ray Disc (5GB - 50GB)


Optical Drive
Optical Drive
 is a method for taking large amounts of
information and storing it on shiny Disks, like
CDs and DVDs.
 use lasers to read from this media, and in
some cases, to write to it.
Mouse
 The mouse can perform four actions:
 Point:
 Click:
 Double click
 Drag
PS2 Port
Violet (Keyboard)
Green (Mouse)

Mouse
Monitor
• Commonly known as a "screen," the monitor
gives you a visual display of what your
computer is up to.
CRT Monitor

 CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) Monitors are built


very similarly to older (tube) television sets.
LCD Monitors

 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Monitors are thin


and flat. They are light, compact, take up very
little desk space.
CRT Monitor

LCD/ LED
PRINTER

 The printer takes the information on your


screen and transfers it to paper or a hard copy
The three basic types of printer
• Dot matrix printers work like a typewriter transferring
ink from a ribbon to paper with a series or 'matrix' of
tiny pins.

• Ink jet printers work like dot matrix printers but fires a
stream of ink from a cartridge directly onto the paper.

• Laser printers use the same technology as a


photocopier using heat to transfer toner onto paper.
Dot matrix printers
Ink-Jet Printers
Laser Printers
Modems
• is used to translate information transferred
through telephone lines, cable or line-of-site
wireless.
MODEMS
Scanners
 Scanners allow you to transfer pictures and
photographs to your computer.
SCANNERS
CASE

 The case houses the microchips and circuitry


that run the computer.
CASE
Expansion Cards
 Are components added to computers to
increase their capability.

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