Computer Hardware
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- Hardware
- All the hard parts of the computer that you can physically touch
- Mouse
- Allows user to input information into the computer by clicking and moving
- Printer
- Outputs information from the computer in the form of paper
- Monitor
- Outputs information from the computer in the form of a picture
- Speakers
- Outputs information from the computer in the form of sound
- Output
- Anything that comes OUT of a computer at us (pictures, sound, audio)
- Microphone
- Allows user to input information to the computer by speaking
- Input
- Anything a computer user (us) puts IN to a computer
- Storage
- Saving or remembering what is input
- Keyboard
- Allows user to input information into the computer by pressing keys
- Computer Tower
- Holds all of the processing and storage parts of the computer
- Scanner
- Allows the user to input information into the computer by placing a picture or code over a laser
- Processing
- Figuring out what to do with input