1. Update your table of contents Computer Components 11

2. Hardware Hardware: the physical parts of a computer that you can touch or see Includes both external and internal parts broken up into two groups, input and output

3. Input Input devices allow you to put new information into the computer keyboard Mouse scanner

4. Output Output devices allow the computer to communicate with you Printer Monitor Speakers Headphones

5. Input and Output floppy disk Flash drive (USB- universal serial bus) CD/ DVD camera Smart phones Mp3 players

6. Neither Input nor Output Central Processing Unit (CPU) The main brain of the computer Does all the storing and processing Located INSIDE the tower or body of computer

7. What are the components of a computer? 1.Monitor 2.Keyboard 3.Mouse 4.CPU (Central Processing Unit) 5.CD/ DVD drive 6.USP (universal Serial Port) 7. Printer a.Dot Matrix b.Ink Jet c.Laser

8. Software Software- Components inside the computer that allow it to run and compute