1. Computer Basics Rebecca Donelson 2010

2. Hardware CPU Mouse Keyboard Monitor Desktop/Tower/Laptop Memory RAM Printer Modem Wireless card Linksys Router USB Serial

3. CPU Central Processing Unit is the “Brains” of the computer. The CPU is a processors that carries out instructions of the programs.

4. Mouse Is an input pointing device.

5. Keyboard Is an input device, used to key in data.

6. Monitor Displays images or symbols from the computer.

7. Desktop/tower/laptop Laptop Computer Tower Computer Desktop Computer

8. Memory Memory - is a temporary or permanent storage for data.

9. RAM Radom Access Memory- computer data storage

10. Printer An output device that prints hardcopy of your data

11. Modem Modulates an analog signal to encode digital information, think of it as a translator

12. Wireless Card Use to connect to a network instead of using a cable to connect to a network.

13. Linksys Router HNI issues the router for you to connect from your home office to the HNI network. You can connect the router to your modem and then have a network connection. You can connect your home equipment to the Linksys also.

14. USB To connect your hardware devices they may have a USB plug, this is what a USB plug looks like.

15. References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C entral_processing_unit;Wikipe dia, (2010). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C entral_processing_unit;Wikipe dia