Computer Hardware Presentation
Computer Hardware Presentation
presentation
Table of contents
Definition and components
Computer hardware refers to the physical or the tangible parts of a component that provide support to
functions such as input, processing ,output etc.
Computer hardware consists of 5 major components;
• Input devices
• Processing devices
• Storage devices
• Output devices
• Communication devices
Input devices
These are devices that help one to communicate information to the computer. i.e; they help one to key in information t
computer. E.g mouse, keyboard.
• Mouse
A device used to point and select items on the screen.
Usually has 2 buttons; the primary button(left button) and the secondary button( right button)
Some have a scroll wheel which enables you to move up and down the document.
Some functions one can perform using the mouse ;left clicking, right clicking
examples of mouse are;
Opto-mechanical type- has a round ball that makes contact with two rollers.
Optical mouse- looks the same as any other computer mouse except there is no mouse ball, instead the mouse uses a s
mouse pad and a beam of laser light.
• Keyboard
It is the major input device.
Has three types of keys;
• alphanumeric f to type all alphabets , numbers and special symbols like $, % etc.
• function keys such as f1 to f12 that are used to give special commands depending upon the software used
• special keys such as shift, ctrl, alt, home that are used to perform special functions.
Processing devices
to process data to information
Used
The system unit houses the processing components of the computer system.
Include ;
Cpu- refers to the brain of the computer. Part of the computer that processes data;
consists of the control unit and the arithmetic and logical unit and the buses.
Control unit