COMPONENT OF HARDWARE

1. Motherboard

1.1. Main Circuit board of the system unit that contains computer chips and other electronic components

1.2. - holds many components of the system - provides connectors for other peripherals

2. Memory

2.1. Function : store instructions waiting to be executed by the processor

2.1.1. M&A?

2.1.2. Risk Analysis & Mitigation

2.2. Types : - volatile (RAM) : (temporary) - nonvolatile : (permanent)

3. Output Device

3.1. Types

3.1.1. Display device

3.1.2. Printers

3.1.3. Speakers, Headphone, Earbuds

3.1.4. Data projector

3.1.5. Tactile output

3.1.6. Interactive whiteboard

3.1.7. Force feedback game controllers

4. Adapter Card

4.1. types

4.1.1. Cable card

4.1.2. Disk controller card

4.1.3. Firewire card

4.1.4. HDTV tuner card

4.1.5. MIDI Card

4.1.6. Modem card

4.1.7. Network card

4.1.8. sound card

4.1.9. TV tuner card

4.1.10. USB card

4.1.11. Video card/ graphic card

4.1.12. Video capture card

5. Processor

5.1. Also called as the central processing unit (CPU)

5.2. Interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer

5.3. 2 components of processor : - control unit (CU) ; directs and coordinates most of the operations in the computer - Arimethic logic unit (ALU) : performs arimethic, comparisons and other operations

6. Input Device

6.1. keyboard (desktop computer keyboard, keyboard for mobile device)

6.2. Pointing device ( mouse, touchpad,pointing stick)

6.3. digitizer (graphic tablet)

6.4. Microphone

6.5. Webcam

6.6. Touch screen

6.7. Digital camera

6.8. Reading device ( Barcode reader,Biometric input device)

6.9. Terminals

6.10. Game controllers ( Gamepads, Light guns, Dance pad)

7. Storage

7.1. Holds data, informations and instructions for future use

7.1.1. Magnetic storage

7.1.2. optical storage

7.1.3. Flash memory