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Hardware Lesson 3
Inside your computer
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HardwareMotherboardProcessor / CPUBusBios chipMemoryHard driveVideo CardSound CardMonitor/printerPorts
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Computer memoryBIOS (flash memory)Read Only Memory (ROM)Random Access Memory (RAM)
chips on motherboardopen files
Virtual (part of your OS)pagefile.sys
Video graphics and games
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Software = Computer Program = Instructions
Allow you to use your computerWithout software, the computer is
useful as a planter
Software
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When you open an application, memory must be used to store the program that’s running and the file you have open.
Open files are stored in RAM chips.Physical chipsTemporary storage of files and
instructionsWhen files are too big to fit in RAM, the
excess goes to Virtual Memory (on the hard drive).
The video is stored in Video memory, often in special chips on the Video card.
Using Software
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Memory factsStored in KB (kilobytes), MB (megabytes),
GB (gigabytes), TB (terabytes)One MB ~ 1 million memory locationsA memory location (byte) stores one
characterSo, 512 MB will store about 512 million
characters.One MB can store about 500 pages of text
information
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Sometimes you don’t need to saveListing to musicPlaying gamesSurfing the Net
When you do need to save a file, you need to select a storage device.
Creating Files
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Storage devicesCan be internal or externalMeasured in:
Size (MB, GB, TB)Speed (mHz)
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Storage devicesHard drive (contains disk)Floppy CD/DVD
CD/DVD-R: recordableCD/DVD-RW : Re-Writable
Can be erasedFlash – static devices (no moving parts)
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Hardware Lesson 3
Inside your computer