COMPUTER BASICS
Computer Hardware
CASE
MONITOR
CPU
MOUSE
KEYBOARD
COMPUTER DATA STORAGE
GRAPHICS CARD
SOUND CARD
MOTHERBOARD
This is a list of all the components that make up computer hardware.
By contrast, software is the set of instructions that can be stored and run Hardware.
🔓ALL ABOUT COMPUTER
✅Definition and Classification of Computer
✅ Elements of the Computer System
A computer system is set to six elements namely:
What is computer?
• Data and Connectivity
• Procedures
• Hardware
• People
• Software
A computer is a machine or device that performs processes, calculations and operations based on instructions provided by a software or hardware program.
They are designed to execute applications and provide a variety of solutions by combining integrated hardware and software components.
Classification of computers
SUPER COMPUTER
MAINFRAME COMPUTERS
MID- RANGE COMPUTERS
SERVERS
PERSONAL COMPUTERS
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
🔓The computer system's devices and components
PRIMARY STORAGE DEVICES
✅ A computer system is set to six elements:
There are
two types of storage devices used with computers:a primary storage device, such as RAM and a secondary storage device, such as hard drive.
Alternatively referred to as digital storage, storage,
storage media, or storage medium, a storage device is any hardware capable of holding information either
temporarily or permanently.
Components of Computer
DROBO
he picture shows an example
of a Drobo, an external secondary storage device.
Secondary storage can be
removable, internal, or external.
• Primary Storage device also known as Internal Memory &
Main Memory
• Primary Storage Device is a
medium that holds memory
for short periods of time
while a computer is running.
Secondary Storage Devices
It could be any storage device that allows for long-term data storage beyond main storage.
Any volatile storage device, whether internal or external to the computer, is referred to as a secondary storage device.
A secondary storage device, also known as an auxiliary storage device or an external device, is a storage device that is used in addition to the primary storage device.