Insides of a Computer Workstation

Ebonie RowellMico Reaves

Computer Applications 1Block-2

Inside of a Computer

Power Supply

A power supply unit (PSU) is the component that supplies power to a computer.

Motherboard

A motherboard allows all the parts of your computer to receive power and communicate with one another.

Hard Drive

The hard drive is the mechanism that reads and writes data on a hard disk.

Fan

The use of fans and/or other hardware is to cool a computer.

Processor

A processor processes commands and applications on a computer system.

RAM

-RAM is a computer memory that can be accessed randomly

Video Card

A video card is a hardware component whose function is to generate and output images to a display.

DVD or CD Drive

Short for digital versatile disc or digital video disc, a type of optical disk technology similar to the CD-ROM.