Computer Basics

Rebecca Donelson

2010

Hardware

CPU Mouse Keyboard Monitor Desktop/Tower/Laptop Memory RAM Printer Modem Wireless card Linksys Router USB Serial

CPU

Central Processing Unit is the “Brains” of the computer. The CPU is a processors that carries out instructions of the programs.

Mouse

Is an input pointing device.

Keyboard

Is an input device, used to key in data.

Monitor

Displays images or symbols from the computer.

Desktop/tower/laptop

Laptop Computer

Tower Computer

Desktop Computer

Memory

Memory - is a temporary or permanent storage for data.

RAM

Radom Access Memory-computer data storage

Printer

An output device that prints hardcopy of your data

Modem

Modulates an analog signal to encode digital information, think of it as a translator

Wireless Card

Use to connect to a network instead of using a cable to connect to a network.

Linksys Router

HNI issues the router for you to connect from your home office to the HNI network. You can connect the router to your modem and then have a network connection. You can connect your home equipment to the Linksys also.

USB

To connect your hardware devices they may have a USB plug, this is what a USB plug looks like.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit;Wikipedia, (2010).