Parts inside a computer

Power Supply

• Holds lots of information but cannot be changed.

• Wakes up the computer and reminds it what to do when turned on.

• Turns AC power from your electrical cord into DC power for the motherboard.

• Can read and write, but if the computer is turned off, it forgets everything.

• Contains special circuits for operating the computers sounds.

RAM

• Holds lots of information but cannot be changed.

• Wakes up the computer and reminds it what to do when turned on.

• Turns AC power from your electrical cord into DC power for the motherboard.

• Can read and write, but if the computer is turned off, it forgets everything.

• Contains special circuits for operating the computers sounds.

BIOS

• Holds lots of information but cannot be changed.

• Wakes up the computer and reminds it what to do when turned on.

• Turns AC power from your electrical cord into DC power for the motherboard.

• Can read and write, but if the computer is turned off, it forgets everything.

• Contains special circuits for operating the computers sounds.

ROM

• Holds lots of information but cannot be changed.

• Wakes up the computer and reminds it what to do when turned on.

• Turns AC power from your electrical cord into DC power for the motherboard.

• Can read and write, but if the computer is turned off, it forgets everything.

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Port

• Other hardware, like the keyboard or monitor plugs into it.

• Handles the graphics displayed on the monitor.

• A local storage device that holds a lot of information and it cannot be removed.

• Holds all other circuit boards. It holds the most important parts of the computer.

• This is the “brain” of the computer and does all the calculations. The higher the GHz, the faster your computer will run.

CPU

• Other hardware, like the keyboard or monitor plugs

  into it.

• Handles the graphics displayed on the monitor.

• A local storage device that holds a lot of information

  and it cannot be removed.

• Holds all other circuit boards. It holds the most important parts of the computer.

• This is the “brain” of the computer and does all the

  calculations. The higher the GHz, the faster your computer will run.

Video Card

• Other hardware, like the keyboard or monitor plugs

  into it.

• Handles the graphics displayed on the monitor.

• A local storage device that holds a lot of information

  and it cannot be removed.

• Holds all other circuit boards. It holds the most important parts of the computer.

• This is the “brain” of the computer and does all the

  calculations. The higher the GHz, the faster your computer will run.

Hard Drive

• Other hardware, like the keyboard or monitor plugs into it.

• Handles the graphics displayed on the monitor.

• A local storage device that holds a lot of information and it cannot be removed.

• Holds all other circuit boards. It holds the most important parts of the computer.

• This is the “brain” of the computer and does all the calculations. The higher the GHz, the faster your computer will run.

Motherboard

• Other hardware, like the keyboard or monitor plugs

  into it.

• Handles the graphics displayed on the monitor.

• A local storage device that holds a lot of information and it cannot be removed.

• Holds all other circuit boards. It holds the most important parts of the computer.

• This is the “brain” of the computer and does all the calculations. The higher the GHz, the faster your computer will run.

Sound Card

• Holds lots of information but cannot be changed.

• Wakes up the computer and reminds it what to do when turned on.

• Turns AC power from your electrical cord into DC power for the motherboard.

• Can read and write, but if the computer is turned off, it forgets everything.

• Contains special circuits for operating the computers sounds.