1. This is CS50 AP. an introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming Unit 0 Module 4 © David J. Malan, Doug Lloyd

2. hardware binary number system

3. Motherboard The main circuit board – it connects all the other parts

4. CPU speed (GHz) memory CPU The “brain” of the computer It interprets and executes the commands from the hardware and software

5. RAM size speed Random Access Memory Random Access Memory the temporary or "working" memory that allows multitasking

6. KERNEL A key piece of the operating system When the operating system starts the kern A Key part of the Operating System Is the first part of the Operating System that loads into Memory Responsible for Disk, Task and Memory Mangement

7. Video/graphics card Sends Images to the screen/monitor to the screen/monitor

8. hard drive “spinning platter” HDD solid state SSD Main data storage area Contains data and software files

9. Optical Floppy Zip/Thumb Hardware that enables data to be read/written from some type of media Drives

10. Monitors/Display Screens This one is pretty obvious, right? It displays the signals the video/graphics card is sending

11. peripherals a device that can connect to the main computer (examples: keyboard, mouse, speakers, printer)

12. Ports Work as an interface that allows a peripheral device to connect to a computer There are several different types of these

13. This is CS50 AP.