Power Supply

Motherboard

Expansion slots Expansion Card Slots

Video Card Think blue! Video Card

Don’t I look like a phone jack? Network Card Don’t I look like a phone jack? Network Card

Sound Card

RAM RAM

ROM ROM

Battery

Hard Drive

CD ROM Drive

Ribbon Cable

Wafer Chip

USB Ports

Ports

Microprocessing Chips

CPU

Hardware Jobs Special outlet that allows devices to be plugged in, such as a keyboard, monitor or mouse. Port A place to add an expansion card, which allows for things such as video and sound. Expansion slots Storage device that typically holds the operating system and computer programs. Hard drive

Hardware Jobs Takes power into the PC and directs it to the components that need it. Power supply The place where all major components are plugged in. Motherboard Universal Serial Bus port. USB port

Hardware Jobs Silicon disc that is used to make micro processing chips. Wafer chip Controls power to PC. On / Off Switch Output device that displays text and graphics. Monitor

Hardware Jobs Compact disk drive. Signals from CPU to monitor. CD ROM Drive Signals from CPU to monitor. Video card Allows the computer to power the clock, calendar and system settings while computer is turned off. Battery Storage device that is a removable disk that holds 1.44 mb of data. Floppy Disk

Hardware Jobs Holds temporary data and instructions in use. Memory chips Main input device of letters, symbols and numbers. Keyboard Input device that uses rollers and sensors to move the screen pointer. Mouse Central Processing Unit. CPU

Hardware Jobs Flat cable of wires. Ribbon cable Controls and directs PC activities and determines the order of these tasks. Microprocessing chips