A Personal Computers has a number of components in common, whatever
the brand, and each brand has some unique component or name for a
component.
The MOST common components in a Personal Computer (PC) are:
- Motherboard
- Storage Devices
- CPU (or Microprocessor)
- Expansion Slots (part of motherboard)
- Random Access Memory.
- Cache Memory (Internal and External)
- BIOS and CMOS
- Expansion Boards
- Keyboard
- Monitor
- Other Input Devices
- Other Output Devices
- "CHIPSET"
- Operating System
- Application Software
- Person to operate it.
Some individuals say that the most important part of a computer is the
"user", or the person operating the PC. I disagree! Why? Because a computer
can be operated by anyone with a minimum skills. But, no computer will
function without a basic set of hardware and software components, no matter how skilled or unskilled
the user!
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