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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Basic computer components

components

Input devices      Keyboard · 
                          Image scanner ·
                          Microphone ·
                          Pointing device (Graphics tablet  · Joystick · Light pen · Mouse ·                                                    Touchpad ·    Touchscreen   · Trackball)

                         · Webcam (Softcam)

Output devices    Monitor
                         · Printer
                         · Speakers

Removable data storage Optical disc drive (CD-RW · DVD+RW)
                                                                 · Floppy disk
                                                                  · Memory card
                                                                  · USB flash drive

Computer case Central processing unit (CPU) · Hard disk
                                                                        Solid-state drive ·
                                                                        Motherboard ·
                                                                        Network interface controller ·
                                                                        Power supply ·
                                                                        Random-access memory (RAM) ·
                                                                        Sound card ·
                                                                        Video card

Data ports Ethernet · Firewire (IEEE 1394) · Parallel port ·
                                                                    Serial port · 
                                                                    Universal Serial Bus (USB)