1. Parts of the Computer By: Olivia Krause
Kaplan Elementary / Summer 2006

2. Monitor A monitor is the computer screen you look at and work on
A monitor looks like a TV.

3. Monitor ON Button The monitor ON button is the
place you press to turn the
monitor on or off.

4. Keyboard
The keyboard is one way of talking to the computer. It had buttons to help you type and use software programs.

5. Mouse The mouse helps you move the cursor around on the
computer screen.

6. Mouse Pad A mouse pad is used to put a mouse on.
The mouse must be on a mouse
pad for the cursor to move.

7. CPU Hard Drive The hard drive is the brain of
the computer. It saves all the
information you work on and save.
The hard drive reads the
software you use.

8. CPU Hard Drive ON Button
The hard drive ON
button is the
button you press to
turn the computer on.

9. Printers
Printers make a copy of
your work on paper.

10. Printer ON Button The printer has a button that turns is on when
it is pressed.

11. CD-Rom Drive The CD-Rom Drive is the place
you put a CD into the hard drive
tower to run a program.

12. Computer Disk CD
A CD is a flat round object that contains the information to run a program.

13. Floppy Disk A floppy disk is just like a CD.
It saves information you want to keep.
A floppy disk does not hold as
much information as a CD.

14. Scanner A scanner is like a camera or copy machine.
It makes a copy or takes a picture
of the object that is placed on it.

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