4. HARDWARE
COMPONENTS
INPUT DEVICES
An input device let you communicate with a computer. You can
use input devices to enter information and issue commands
OUTPUT DEVICES
An output devices display information on a screen, creates
printed copies or generate sound.
SYSTEM UNIT
The system unit is the part of computer which is responsible for
accepting and processing the data brought in by the input
devices
5. INPUT DEVICES
KEYBOARD
• Keyboard is a standard input
device of most computer
• Used to type data into the
computer
MOUSE
Mouse is a hand-clicked device
used for pointing and moving
objects.
SCANNER
Scanner allows you to scan
documents, pictures, or graphics
and view them on the computer
6. OUTPUT DEVICES
PRINTER
Printer is an output device that
produce text and graphics on
paper
MONITOR
The monitor is used to provide
soft copy output
SPEAKER
Speaker play sounds transmitted
as electrical signals from the
sound card.
7. SYSTEM UNIT
MOTHERBOARD
The motherboard is the main
circuit board of a microcomputer.
It is also know as the mainboard
or system board
HARD-DISK DRIVE
Hard-disk drive is a storage device
that store billion of character of
data on a non removable disk.
CPU
The central processing unit carries out each
instruction of the program in sequence, to
perform the basis arithmetical logical, input
and output operations of the system.