Computers 101

Today's plan

• Take apart a...
  • Computer
  • Keyboard
  • Mouse
  • Video game controller

Today's rule

Whatever we take apart, we MUST put back together.

MOtherboard

Large circuit board that connects all components of the computer

How the computer talks to itself

From Wikipedia

CPU

Central 

Processing

Unit

Decision maker of the computer. All communication comes to CPU.

From Easy Computer Tech website

RAM

Random

Access 

Memory

Temporary memory; holds onto pieces of info for a short time

More RAM = potentially faster

From Wikipedia

Video card

Allows us to see the screen and all the things we do on the computer

From Tech Genie website

power supply

We need electricity. 

From Instructables

Hard Drive

Stores all memory and all information from the computer

From Lorex Technology

optical drive

Accepts CDs and DVDs (maybe even a floppy disk!)

From Trigon's website