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Let’s review some of the standard computer components and you’ll hopefully learn something today!
- Motherboard.
- Power Supply.
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- Random-access Memory (RAM)
- Hard Disk Drive / Solid State Drive.
- Video Card.
- Optical Drives.
What are the 7 internal components in a computer?
These components are found in nearly every computer, and now many tablets and smartphones too.
- Motherboard. Think of the motherboard as the backbone of nearly any technological device.
- Networking cards.
- Graphics card.
- Processor.
- Hard drive.
- USB ports.
- Monitor ports.
What are the 5 basic parts of a computer?
The hardware components—video card, processor, memory, motherboard and hard drive—are the same for all computer systems.
- Central Processing Unit (CPU) The CPU is the “brains” of the computer.
- Random Access Memory (RAM) RAM is variable in a computer.
- Hard Drive.
- Video Card.
- Motherboard.
What are the main components inside a CPU?
The two typical components of a CPU include the following:
- The arithmetic logic unit (ALU), which performs arithmetic and logical operations.
- The control unit (CU), which extracts instructions from memory and decodes and executes them, calling on the ALU when necessary.