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An
Opened System Unit The System Unit houses all components
and protects these components from dust and heat.
The Motherboard
is the largest circuit card in the PC and is the central board that
connects all components together.
The Power
Supply convert regular AC household current into low
voltage DC current for use by the computer
The CPU
Chip is the Brains of any PC and is the central data
processing point.
The RAM
Memory stores data that is used by the PC for immediate
use. This data is lost once the PC is turned off.
The ROM
Memory is that memory on a small chip that stores the
bootup data. The CMOS battery keep this data in place even after the
PC has been turned off.
The Hard
Disk Drive is the permanent storage device in any computer
system.
The CDROM
Drive allow you to play those awesome games and can be
used as another backup tool if
you have a cd-writer.
The Drive
Controller talks to your computer. Become familiar with
this component and the type you have.
The BIOS
Chip contains the data needed to boot-up your
PC and other critical data.
The Ribbon
Cables allows data to travel from the device to the motherboard.
An Opened
Monitor Stop and take a look at the components inside
your monitor. NEVER open your
monitor yourself.
The Video
Card is the device that transforms data from the motherboard
and changes it into signals that the monitor can display.
Expansion
Slots allow you to upgrade your computer by adding adapter
card from devices such as a modem or scanner.
The Sound
Card gives you those neat "Booms and Crackles"
from those games,etc. Know all you can
about this component.
The Floppy
Drive though still widely used is fast
becoming a thing of the past.The cdrom and now the
DVD Drives have taken over
The Home Network use such
devices as The
Hub which
tranfers data from one computer to another in the home.
The Hub transfer data at the slowest rate in networking.
The faster and more expensive
way to transfer data is
with the use of the Router or the Switch.These devices
transfer data at the rate of 100mbs as compared to the
hub which transfers data at just 10mbs.
Wired networks inlist the
help of the Cat-5 Cable as a
means of sending and receiving data.One end of this
cable is connected to the
hub,switch,or router.
The other end of the cat-5
cable is inserted into the
connector of the Adpater Card.This card is inserted
into a PCI Slot in system computer.
The card maybe a Ethernet
Card or may be a Wireless
card when using the wireless network.
The wireless network must
have a Wireless
Router
in order to transfer data to each computer using radio
signals and eliminates the use of wires.
The Powerline network uses
Wall Bridges to transfer
data and has no use of the switch or router.
If you want to share Internet
access with other systems
in your network,you will need either a Cable or a DSL
Broadbank modem.DSL stands for Digital Subsciber
Line.
Cable Modems must use the
Coaxial
Cable to send
and receive internet data.
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