PARTS OF COMPUTER AND ITS PERIPHERALS
PARTS OF COMPUTER CAN BE CLASSIFIED WHETHER INTERNAL
OR EXTERNAL. THE EXTERNAL PARTS OF A COMPUTER ARE
THOSE THAT CAN BE OBSERVED WITH THE NAKED EYE
WITHOUT HAVING TO OPEN OR DISARM THE DEVICE. WHILE
THE INTERNAL IS A TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A DEVICE OR
PART THAT IS INSTALLED INSIDE THE COMPUTER.
Prepared by: LOIDA F.
ROSALIN TIII-
INTERNAL PARTS OF COMPUTER
is a printed circuit board and foundation
of a computer that is the biggest board in
a computer chassis. It allocates power
and allows communication to and
between the CPU, RAM, and all other
computer hardware components.is the
main printed circuit board in a computer.
Motherboard or Mobo
INTERNAL PARTS OF COMPUTER
all other components of the
machine. It usually plugs into the
motherboard to power the other
parts. The power supply connects to
either an internal battery (on a
laptop) or a plug for an outlet (on a
desktop).
Power Supply
INTERNAL PARTS OF COMPUTER
referred to as a computer's brain. It.
performs most of the processing
inside a computer. It processes all
instructions received by software
running on the PC and by other
hardware components, and acts as a
Central Processing Unit (CPU) powerful calculator.
STORAGE DEVICE
referred to as digital storage, storage media, or storage medium. It
is any hardware that is capable of holding information either
temporarily or permanently.
STORAGE DEVICE
a temporary form of memory.
When you open an application
in our computer, the computer
will place that application and
all its data in the RAM.
Random Access Memory
STORAGE DEVICE
Since RAM is temporary, your computer
needs a place to store
data permanently. That's where the hard
drive comes in. The traditional hard
drive consists of several spinning platters
with an arm that physically writes data to
the
Hard Disk Drive. disk. However, these drives are slow and
are starting to be replaced by the faster
solid-state drives.
STORAGE DEVICE
consist of flash memory, like your
smartphone or flash drive. They are
much faster than traditional hard disk
drives, though cost more for the
increased efficiency. Both types of drives
come in various sizes to suit different
needs.
Solid State Drive.
STORAGE DEVICE
also called a display card, graphics card,
display adapter, or graphics adapter. It is
used to enhance the quality of images
showed on a display. It is attached to the
motherboard and controls and calculates
an image's appearance on the screen
engineers.
Video Card.
STORAGE DEVICE
Though less common than they used to
be, many machines still have an optical
drive for reading CDs and DVDs. These
can be used to listen to music or watch
movies, place information onto a blank
disc , or install software
from a disc.
Optical Drives.
INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES
Common input devices include mice (touchpads on laptops),
keyboards, and webcams, while output devices consist of monitors,
printers, and speakers. Removable media such as flash drives and SD
cards can also be used to transfer data between computers.
INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES
is an output device that displays
video images and text. A
monitor is made up of circuitry,
a screen, a power supply,
buttons to adjust screen settings,
and casing that holds all of these
components.
monitor
INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES
also known as a "tower" or
"chassis," is the main part of a
desktop computer. It includes
the motherboard, CPU, RAM,
and other components.
System Unit
INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES
A computer keyboard is one of
the primary input devices used
with a computer. Similar to an
electric typewriter, a keyboard is
composed of buttons that create
letters, numbers, and symbols,
as well as perform other
Keyboard functions.
INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES
is a handheld hardware input
device that controls a cursor in a
GUI (graphical user interface)
and can move and select text,
icons, files, and folders on your
computer.
Mouse
PERIPHERAL DEVICES
Peripherals are connected directly to a computer but it does not
contribute to the computer's primary function, such as computing. It
helps end users access and use the functionalities of a computer. It is
commonly divided into three kinds: input devices, output devices, and
storage devices.
INPUT DEVICES
An input device converts incoming data and instructions into a pattern
of electrical signals in binary code that are comprehensible to a digital
computer. It is also used to enter data to a computer. Input Devices
includes:
INPUT DEVICES
works more like a photocopy
machine. It is used when some
information is available on paper
and it is to be transferred to the
hard disk of the computer for
further manipulation.
Scanner
INPUT DEVICES
is also known as Tablet or
Graphics Tablet as it converts
graphics and pictorial data into
binary inputs. A graphic tablet as
digitizer is used for fine works of
drawing and image manipulation
applications.
Digitizer
INPUT DEVICES
is used for reading bar coded data
(data in the form of light and dark
lines). Bar coded data is generally
used in labelling goods,
numbering the books, etc. It may
be a handheld scanner or may be
embedded in a stationary scanner.
Barcode device
INPUT DEVICES
is also a pointing device, which is
used to move the cursor position
on a monitor screen. It is a stick
having a spherical ball at its both
lower and upper ends. The lower
spherical ball moves in a socket.
The joystick can be moved in all
Joystick four directions.
INPUT DEVICES
is used for various applications
such as adding sound to a
multimedia presentation or for
mixing music.
microphone
INPUT DEVICES
is the most popular pointing
device. It is a very famous cursor-
control device having a small
palm size box with a round ball at
its base, which senses the
movement of the mouse and
sends corresponding signals to
Mouse the CPU when the
mouse buttons are pressed.
INPUT DEVICES
is the most common and very
popular input device which helps
to input data to the computer. The
layout of the keyboard is like that
of traditional typewriter, although
there are some additional keys
provided for performing
Keyboard additional functions.
OUTPUT DEVICES
are any peripheral that receives data from a computer, usually for
display, projection, or physical reproduction. For example, the image
shows an inkjet printer, an output device that can make a hard copy of
anything shown on the monitor. Some of the output devices are as
follows:
OUTPUT DEVICES
sometimes referred to as
earphones, are a hardware output
device that either plugged into a
computer line out or speakers.
Headphones allow you to listen
to audio or watch a movie
without disturbing people around
Headphones you.
OUTPUT DEVICES
is an output device that can take
images generated by a computer
or Blu-ray player and reproduce
them by projection onto a screen,
wall, or another surface. In most
cases, the surface projected onto
is large, flat, and lightly colored.
projector
OUTPUT DEVICES
is made up of circuitry, a screen,
a power supply, buttons to adjust
screen settings, and casing that
holds all of these components.
monitor
OUTPUT DEVICES
is an external hardware output
device that takes the electronic
data stored on a computer or
other device and generates a hard
copy of it. Types of printer
includes 3D printer, AIO (all-in-
one) printer, Dot matrix printer,
Inkjet printer, Laser printer, LED
printer printer, MFP (multifunction
printer) Plotter, Thermal printer
OUTPUT DEVICES
also called a braille display, is an
electronic device that allows a
blind person to read the text
displayed on a computer monitor.
The computer sends the text to
the output device, where it's
converted to Braille and
"displayed" by raising rounded
Braille reader, pins through a flat surface.
OUTPUT DEVICES
is a computer hardware device
much like a printer that is used
for printing vector graphics.
Instead of toner, plotters use a
pen, pencil, marker, or another
writing tool to draw multiple ,
continuous lines onto paper rather
than a series of dots like a
Plotter traditional printer.
STORAGE DEVICES
(also known as a hard drive, HD,
or HDD) stores files for the
operating system and software
programs, as well as user
documents, such as photographs,
text files, videos, and audio. The
hard drive uses magnetic storage
to record and retrieve digital
hard disk drive information to and from one or
more fast-spinning disks.
STORAGE DEVICES
Also known as a diskette, floppy, or FD,
the floppy disk uses magnetic storage
technology to store information. Floppy
disks were once a common storage device
for computers and lasted from the mid-
1970's through to the start of the 21st
century. The earliest floppies were 8-inch
(203 mm) in size, but these were replaced
Floppy Disk by 5 1⁄4-inch (13 3 mm) disk drives, and
finally a 3 1⁄2 inch (90 mm) version.
STORAGE DEVICES
known for short as a CD, is a form of
optical storage, a technology which
employs lasers and lights to read and write
data. Initially com pact discs were used
purely for music, but in the late 1980's
they began to be also used for computer
data storage.
compact disc
STORAGE DEVICES
are formats of digital optical disc data
storage which have superseded compact
discs, mainly because of their much
greater storage capacity. A Blu-ray disc,
for example, can store 25 GB (gigabytes)
of data on a single-layer disc and 50 GB
on a dual-layer disc. In comparison, a
DVD (digital versatile standard CD is the same physical size, but
disc) and Blu-ray disc only holds 700 MB
(BD) (megabytes) of digital data
STORAGE DEVICES
Also known as a thumb drive, pen drive,
flash-drive, memory stick, jump drive,
and USB stick, the USB flash drive is a
flash memory data storage device that
incorporates an integrated USB interface.
Flash memory is generally more efficient
and reliable than optical media, being
USB Flash Drive smaller, faster, and possessing much
greater storage capacity, as well as being
more durable due to a lack of moving
parts.
STORAGE DEVICES
A common type of memory card, SD
cards are used in multiple electronic
devices, including digital cameras and
mobile phones. Although there are
different sizes, classes, and capacities
available, they all use a rectangular design
with one side "chipped off" to prevent the
Secure Digital Card card from being inserted into the camera
(SD Card) or other device the wrong way.
STORAGE DEVICES
A solid state drive uses flash memory to
store data and is sometimes used in
devices such as netbooks, laptop, and
desktop computers instead of a traditional
hard disk drive. The advantages of an SSD
over a HDD include a faster read/write
speed, noiseless operation, greater
reliability, and lower power consumption.
Solid State Drive
The biggest downside is cost, with an
(SSD) SSD offering lower capacity than an
equivalently priced HDD.
