Computer Hardware

Start Date

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Objectives

The objectives of this project are to attain competency in the following areas:

  1. Identify the basic parts of a computer system and the relationships among components.
  2. Describe characteristics and functions of CPUs, motherboards, random access memory (RAM), expansion connections, floppy drives, hard drives, and CD-ROM drives.
  3. Explain the functions and characteristics of system expansion devices (e.g., graphics cards, sound cards, and modems).
  4. Demonstrate the use of connectivity devices and peripheral equipment (e.g., portable storage devices, printers, cable modem, and wireless technologies).
  5. Perform basic operations in an operating system environment.
  6. Manage the various file types.
  7. Describe the basic computer start-up sequence.
  8. Compare and contrast the basic differences among operating systems.
  9. Investigate basic issues affecting system purchase and upgrade decisions.
  10. Investigate the building stages of a computer.

Proceedure

Use the Internet to find the definitions of terms below. Locate each of these items on your lab computer. 

motherboard    CPU          hard drive      floppy drive
power supply   RAM          system bus      IDE cable
CD-ROM drive   PC speaker   VGA port        PS/2 keyboard port
USB ports      serial port  parallel port   PS/2 mouse port
CPU fan        PCI card     ISA card        expansion slot
AGP card



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