Computer Components

Computer Components are all of the hardware or parts that make a computer system operate. It is essential for anybody that uses a computer today to know the basic knowledge about computer components and how a computer operates. Knowing this valuable information can help you one day if you ever have to perform maintenance or upgrade your computer. 

 Computers are made of the following basic components: 

COMPONENTS	FUNCTION
Case with hardware inside: Power supply Motherboard        -    Microprocessor        -    Memory        -    Drive controller Hard disk drive(s) CD-ROM drive (s)   Floppy drive	Vital to the operation of a computer. The Power Supply converts AC current to DC current and then sends power to all of the internal components in the computer system so they can function. This is where the core components of your computer. Also support cards for video, sound, networking and more are mounted into this board. This is the brain of your computer. It performs commands and instructions and controls the operation of the computer. The RAM in your system is mounted on the motherboard. This is memory that must be powered on to retain its contents. Control the interface of your system to your hard drives. It let your hard drives work by controlling their operation. This is where your files are permanently stored on your computer. Normally your operating system is installed here. This is normally a read only drive where files are permanently stored. There are now read/write CD-ROM drives that use special software to allow users to read from and write to these drives. A floppy is a small disk storage device that today typically has about 1.4 Megabytes of memory capacity.
Monitor	Operates like a TV set that let the user see how the computer is responding to their commands.
Keyboard	This is where the user enters text commands into the computer.
Mouse	A point and click interface for entering commands which works well in graphical environments.