Components of Computers
CSH
Schematic Diagram of a Computer
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A Motherboard
Central Processing Unit
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A Hard Disk (storage; more permanent memory)
RAM (active temporary memory)
Understanding What’s Inside
• Briefly research these parts of a personal computer and
share on your findings:
• RAM, Hard Disk, CPU
• In terms of what happens inside the computer, describe
the process of typing up a paper in Word, saving it,
opening it again, and typing more in it.
• Which component(s) of the computer is currently the
“bottleneck” in terms of innovations leading to faster
computers? i.e what is holding up making them faster?
The ENIAC (1940-1950)
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The AppleIIe(1983 -1990)