WHAT IS COMPUTER HARDWARE?

Refers to the physical and mechanical

components of the computer system.
It consists of devices such as:
circuit boards
chips
Monitors
Disks
Disk drives
Modem
Keyboards
Printers



MECHANICAL CALCULATOR
made by Wilhelm Schickard.
used cogs and gears similar to those
in clocks .
PUNCH CARD TECHNOLOGY
made by International Business
Machine (IBM)
made from stiff lightweight
cardboard, punch cards were used
by data processing machines to
record information.

ELECTRONIC NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR
ANALYZER AND COMPUTER(ENIAC)
designed by John Presper and John
William Mauchly.
it was built by the US Army in 1945 to
calculate the trajectory of ballistic
missiles, at a cost of almost $500,000.
STORAGE
Refers to the ability of computer to store and retain
data in their memories

Types of Memory

1. Volatile memory - refers to computer memory that
requires electric power to maintain stored data.
ex. Random-access memory (RAM)
2. Non-volatile memory retains data even if electric is
cut off.
ex. hard disks, floppy disks, and CD ROMs
PROCESS
Data processing - Is defined as the conversion of
data from one format to another

DATA refers to a collection of numbers and
characters which the computer understands.

MICROPROCESSOR brain of the computer
controls the flow of data Central processing unit (CPU)
METHOD OF PROCESSING
Parallel Processing - harnesses the power
multiple processors in one computing entity to
perform a single task.

Distributed Processing - is used to bind multiple
computing entity so that they become a single
centralized unit focused on common task or goal.
INPUT
computer hardware can take commands and be
fed with information

Input Devices
Keyboard
Mouse
Trackball
touch pad
Joystick
graphic tablet
light pen
cyber gloves
touch screen
OUTPUT
ways for computers to communicate to
the outside world, beginning with you.

Output Devices
Monitor or screen
Speaker
printer
MONITOR

screen that displays what is going
on in the computer.
KEYBOARD

Used to input textual information to
the computer
MOUSE
lets you feeds instructions to the
computer by simply pointing and
clicking in a graphical environment
SYSTEM CASE


box that house the CPU.
It has expansion slots contains
spare drive bays, and allows space to
work inside for attachments to the
system unit.
MOTHERBOARD


main circuit board in the
computer.
Its chipset must support the kind
of hardware you want with your
system.
MAIN MEMORY/RAM
allows computers to store and
retain information.
PROCESSOR


brain of the computer that handles the flow of
all data.
HARD DISK
storage device that holds the
operating system and other
programs and data files.
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE

Perhaps the slowest form of long
term secondary storage for the
computer is the floppy disk with
1.44 MB disk drive.
CD-ROM/DVD-ROM DRIVE
reads CDs or DVDs.
VIDEO/GRAPHICS CARD

most graphics cards today have at least 32
MB.
Using a card that has less might cause
problems with the computer you are building
because many programs that use heavy
graphics will not work.
SOUND CARD
converts data into sound to be sent
to speakers or converts sounds to
digital formats.
CABLE CONNECTORS
computer parts cannot come
together by themselves.
OTHER PERIPHERALS
optional devices that you connect to your
computer, like printers and removable
storage devices.
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