🖱️ Components of a computer
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- Chassis
└── Houses the internal components of a system
- Optical drive
└── CD / DVD drive reader/writer
- Mainboard/Motherboard
└── Allows the internal devices to communicate with each other
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
└── The main computing part of the unit
- Random Access Memory (RAM)
└── Volatile temporary storage - Data is lossed when power is lossed
- Random Access Memory (RAM)
└── Volatile temporary storage - Data is lossed when power is lossed
- Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
└── Enables the ability for output to display unit, for example a monitor
- Storage
└── Used to store data, for example HDD or SSD
- Fans
└── Used to maintain the temperate of the computing system
- Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
└── Controls the level of redundancy used on storage drives - RAID
- Peripherals
├── Screen
├── Keyboard
└── Mouse