1. Internal Components

2. Binary system The binary system is the language that the computer uses to process information. The binary system has only two numbers (1 and 2) on and off. LetterBinary Code A01000001 B01000010 C01000011 D01000100 E01000101 F01000110 G01000111 H01001000 I01001001 J01001010 K01001011 L01001100 M01001101 N01001110 O01001111 P01010000 Q01010001 R01010010 S01010011 T01010100 U01010101 V01010110 W01010111 X01011000 Y01011001 Z01011010 LetterBinary Code a01100001 b01100010 c01100011 d01100100 e01100101 f01100110 g01100111 h01101000 i01101001 j01101010 k01101011 l01101100 m01101101 n01101110 o01101111 p01110000 q01110001 r01110010 s01110011 t01110100 u01110101 v01110110 w01110111 x01111000 y01111001 z01111010

3. Motherboard Is the heart of the computer. Every other component of the computers is attached to it. The components use it to communicate and work to each other through it. The motherboard has slots to attach the components.

4. Microprocessor This is the brain of the computer, it’s also refer as the processor or the chip. The processor communicates with the other components and does all the thinking. The processor performs mathematical calculations and the software that people use translates its calculations into useful functions to us. (Intel, AMD)

5. RAM Stores information temporally. RAM store files that the processor is currently using.

6. Graphics Card Convert information that we don´t not understand into the images and text that we can see in our monitor. Some new graphic cards incorporate some memory to improve the performance. ( NVIDIA Corporation, ATI Technologies, Matrox)

7. Sound Card The sound card makes possible that we can hear the sound that comes from our computer.

8. Power supply It supplies power to the components. It is located at the top of the computer case- The power supply has a fan to keep itself and the computer cool.

9. Hard disc The hard disk stores information permanently. The information is stored stores in the hard disk and the computer access them as they are needed. When the computer access the hard drive its moving and reading information into the RAM memory, however the original information is still in the hard disk. (Seagate, Western Digital, Hitachi)