COMPUTING Parts of a Computer

I store information for a short while...

I am the:

• RAM (random access memory)

• CPU (Central Processing Unit)

• Speakers

• Mouse

I am the 'brain' of the computer and I run programs...

I am:

• RAM

• Network Card

• CPU

• Graphics Card

I allow the computer to connect to the internet (and other networks)...

• CPU

• Graphics Card

• Motherboard

• Network Card

I help the computer to run complicated games more quickly...

• Network Card

• CPU

• Graphics Card

• Motherboard

I store information permanently (things like pictures, videos and game files)...

• Monitor

• Hard Drive

• Motherboard

• CPU

Everything else in the computer is connected to me. I'm the main circuit board.

• Mouse

• RAM

• CPU

• Motherboard

I am an OUTPUT that creates sounds for the user.

• Keyboard

• Mouse

• Speaker

• RAM

I am an OUTPUT that displays images for the user

• CPU

• Monitor

• RAM

• Motherboard

We are both inputs that control what the computer does...

• Speaker

• Monitor

• RAM

• Keyboard & Mouse

Things that are parts INSIDE a computer are called...

• Keyboard

• Components

• Monitor

• Mouse