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Computer Basics
Rebecca Donelson
2010
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Hardware
CPU Mouse Keyboard Monitor Desktop/Tower/Laptop Memory RAM Printer Modem Wireless card Linksys Router USB Serial
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CPU
Central Processing Unit is the “Brains” of the computer. The CPU is a processors that carries out instructions of the programs.
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Mouse
Is an input pointing device.
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Keyboard
Is an input device, used to key in data.
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Monitor
Displays images or symbols from the computer.
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Desktop/tower/laptop
Laptop Computer
Tower Computer
Desktop Computer
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Memory
Memory - is a temporary or permanent storage for data.
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RAM
Radom Access Memory-computer data storage
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Printer
An output device that prints hardcopy of your data
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Modem
Modulates an analog signal to encode digital information, think of it as a translator
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Wireless Card
Use to connect to a network instead of using a cable to connect to a network.
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Linksys Router
HNI issues the router for you to connect from your home office to the HNI network. You can connect the router to your modem and then have a network connection. You can connect your home equipment to the Linksys also.
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USB
To connect your hardware devices they may have a USB plug, this is what a USB plug looks like.
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References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit;Wikipedia, (2010).