Used to store
data, when the
power is switched
off the contents
will remain there.
This uses a power cable and a data cable.
Data cables and Power cables
are different for different
hard drives.
Sata
IDE
SCSI
RAM
Recent data is
stored here,
when the power
is switched off all
contents is lost.
ROM
This is read only data
meaning you cannot change
the data there, only read it.
This is usually used to store
the boot up sequence.
When the power is switched
off all contents remain
there.
Motherboard
This is what Everything plugs into.
Fan
Extracts the air out of the computer.
Graphics Card
Outputs information to the screen.
Optical Drive
Reads CD'S/DVDS
Power Supply
This distributes power to all the components of the computer.
CPU
Makes the decisions of the computer
They run the Fetch-Decode-Execute Cycle
Can come in Single, Dual or Quad cores
BIOS
BIOS = Basic Input Output system.
In BIOS you set the
time on the computer
and make a password
for it. The BIOS
settings define the
boot up device priority.
Settings are backed up
after power is off by
the fact that there is
a battery inside the
computer powering
this.
Operating Systems
Linux
Ubuntu
Centos
Red Hat
Suse
Mint
Windows
Windows XP
Windows 7
Windows 8.1
OS X
10.10 Yosemite
10.9 Mavericks
These are needed
so you can access
the computer and
it allows you to run
applications.