ICT – TO THE EXTREME! homework :3

Hard Drive- the hard drive of the computer is where all the main and permanent storage is kept until deletion, if you have 50 gb of things on ur computer and a 80 gb hardvie u have 30 left to do watever with
CPU- the cpu is the OS, if it was a XP os, it will have windows xp
Motherboard – the motherboard is the circuit board where all the wires and plugs connect to and are sent elsewhere throughout the computer
Power Supply- the power supply is the tool in the computer which converts the power from the wall and divides it up accordinly amongst the other components in the PC
PCI- “Peripheral Component Interconnect” these connect straight to the mother board and utilitize of a multi range of components, eg, internet, sound, usb drives etc.
PCI Express- is just like PCI but with less shortcomings and more bandwith to increase computer speed and software, it operates like a network, unlike pci which operates as a bus
USB-”Universal Serial Bus” it is a universal connecter where many appiances use the same outlet
Firewire- is a wire that can transfer data between two components at amazing rates and speed
IEEE-1394- a firewire that is used for real time transfer, frequently used in personal computers
LCD -”Liquid Crystal Display” these are crystals that are in tvs and monitors, some controled by a shutter and are lit up by a light source behind them, portruding a different colour by the shutters or amount of light going throught them.
Plasma (in relation to screens) – unlike LCD plasma uses a type of chemical which powers the colours of the screen, both LCD an Plasma are flat styled screens, but LCD is more used for computers
HDMI -”High-Definition Multimedia Interface” a small component which helps the audio and video drives by increasing its quality
RAM – random access memory, RAM is used as temporary memory that may or may not be stored in the harddrive, Ram helps with system speed and games
Flash Memory – flash memory are like micro Sd cards and other, they help transfer data between computers and computers or computers and devices that use them
AGP – Accelerated Graphics Port” it is a dedicated way for the computer to transfger data and increase graphics

DVD- Digital Verstile Disk, These hold data and other things that can be either put into a dvd player or into ur computer, for computers they are mainly used DVD-R and Cd-R, Dvd-r are commonly used more because of their greater capacity