Understanding Computer Hardware 101
Main components:
1. Processor – brain
2. Hard Drive- information storage
3. RAM – desk space
4. Mother board – Body
5. BUS – Nervous System
6. Disk Drive – storage
7. Floppy Drive – storage
8. Jump Drive USB – storage
Media Types:
1. CD’s
a. CD-R : 700 MB
b. CD-RW: 700 MB
c. DVD-R: 4 GB
d. DVD-RW: 4 GB
e. DVD….Double Layer (DL) 8 GB
2. Floppy – 1.44 MB
3. Jump Drive - Varies MB
4. Hard Drive - Varies MB
Input Connections:
1. USB – Universal Serial Bus 54 MB/sec
a. used for Peripherals devices
2. Fire Wire or IEEE 100MB/sec
a. Used for video
3. Ethernet or Cat 5
a. Used for network and internet connections
4. Common Phone or RJ11
a. Used for dialup modems and fax