Computer Hardware - Internal parts

Computers carry out simple instructions very quickly.

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Computers carry out complicated instructions.

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Power Supply (tick 3)

• It is the brain of computer system

• enables all the different components of the computer to have power.

• It makes sure that each part has the right amount of power that it needs.

• It connects to the different components using wires.

Motherboard (tick 2)

• enables all the different components of the computer to have power.

• The motherboard connects all the different components of the computer together.

• It includes sockets for all the different devices you might plug into your computer.

• is a fan made of metal plates to draw the heat away from the CPU and blow cool air over it.

Heat Sink

• is a fan made of metal plates to draw the heat away from the CPU and blow cool air over it.

• It can execute billions of instructions. Each second.

• is the ‘Brain’ of the computer

The CPU -Central Processing Unit- (tick 2)

• is a fan made of metal plates to draw the heat away from the CPU and blow cool air over it.

• It can execute billions of instructions. Each second.

• is the ‘Brain’ of the computer

• It includes sockets for all the different devices you might plug into your computer.

RAM (tick 3)

• Stands for Random Access Memory

• is used to store data that the CPU needs to access and the instructions of currently running programs.

• stores things like applications, user files and the operating system when they are not in use.

• the data currently stored in it is lost. This is called volatile memory.

Hard Drive (tick 2)

• Stands for Random Access Memory

• is used to store data that the CPU needs to access and the instructions of currently running programs.

• stores things like applications, user files and the operating system when they are not in use.

• It is non-volatile.

Graphics Card (tick 2)

• has its own processor and heat sink to process complex animations and graphics smoothly and efficiently

• provides extra, dedicated processing power for graphics.

• stores things like applications, user files and the operating system when they are not in use.

• It makes sure that each part has the right amount of power that it needs.