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Computer Hardware

Peripheral Device
Peripheral
Device(Mouse,
Keyboard, printer,
etc)

Central
Processing Unit
(CPU)

Heat Sink

Motherboard

Fan

Random Access
Memory (RAM)

Power supply

Graphics Card

Optical Drive

Hard Disk Drive

Peripheral Device
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Description
A peripheral device is an auxiliary device
such as a computer mouse or keyboard that
connects to the computer and works with the
computer in some way.
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Wikipedia
CPU (central processing unit)
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Description
A cpu is the electronic circuitry. The part of a
computer in which operations are controlled
and executed.

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webopedia

Heat sink
Description: A device that absorbs unwanted
heat. A heat sink keeps electronic devices
cool instead of hot

Link:wikipedia

Computer hope

Motherboard
Description:A printed circuit board containing
the principal components of a computer or
other device, with connectors into which other
circuit boards can be slotted.

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Computer fan

Computer hope

Description: A computer fan that is inside or


attached to the computer. It is used for active
cooling.

Link:wikipedia

computer hope

RAM
Definition: A type of computer memory that
can be accessed randomly. A RAM is a
computer data storage.

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wikipedia

POWER SUPPLY
Description: A power supply is an electronic
device that supplies electric energy to an
electrical load.A power supply is a component
that supplies power to at least one electric
load. If something happens to the power
supply the computer will shut down right
away.

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techopedia

Graphics card
Description: A printed circuit board that
controls the output to a display screen. The
graphics card shows all of the graphics in the
device.

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Techwalla
Description: A optical drive is a disc drive that
uses laser light or electromagnetic waves
within or near the visible light spectrum as
part of the process of reading or writing data
to or from optical discs.

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lifewire

Description: A disc drive is a data storage


device used for storing and retrieving digital
information.

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techtarget

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