1. Components of Computers CSH

2. Big Java by Cay Horstmann Copyright © 2008 by John Wiley & Sons. All rights reserved. Schematic Diagram of a Computer

3. A Motherboard

4. Big Java by Cay Horstmann Copyright © 2008 by John Wiley & Sons. All rights reserved. Central Processing Unit

5. A Hard Disk (storage; more permanent memory)

6. RAM (active temporary memory)

7. Understanding What’s Inside Briefly research these parts of a personal computer and share on your findings: RAM, Hard Disk, CPU In terms of what happens inside the computer, describe the process of typing up a paper in Word, saving it, opening it again, and typing more in it. Which component(s) of the computer is currently the “bottleneck” in terms of innovations leading to faster computers? i.e what is holding up making them faster?

8. Big Java by Cay Horstmann Copyright © 2008 by John Wiley & Sons. All rights reserved. The ENIAC (1940-1950)

9. The AppleIIe(1983 -1990)