Hardware Flashcards
What is a computer
It’s a device that consists of hardware and software components. It Receives input from a user and displays output 
Motherboard
Structure
Connects hardware
Provides power
Signals
Bios
Stored in Rom makes sure computer starts up correctly
Cpu
The brain of the computer which runs or programs and processes and instructions every application makes use of those to connect decoding executes instructions as required by the application
Ram
Short term memory of the computer.
Which can store and retrieve active programs and data at high speeds 
VRAM
The memory used to store image data that the computer displays
Cpu slot
Cpu
Dim
Ram
PCI
Additional hardware
Gpu
Graphics card
Sata
Hard drives
Power
Power
Control bus
Used by the CPU to send signals to the different parts of your computer system
Data bus
Provides the part to transfer data and instructions among the different components of the computer
Power bus
Modular design
If one of the stuff breaks then the thing will still work
Caching
Technique used by computers to stored data that is likely to be used soon in faster form of memory so that it can be access more easily
Cpu
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Disk cache
Ram built in hard drive
Web cache
Pics