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Computer Architecture
Lesson 1. What's Inside a Computer?
Lesson 2. Hands on!
Lesson 1. What's Inside a Computer?
Motherboard RAM Disk Drive CD/DVD ROM Power Supply CPU Fan Network Card -
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View CPU info and Memory size:
1. Start->Control Panel->Performance and Maintenance->System
2. See "Computer:"
View Disk size:
1. In the Control Panel, click on "Folders"
2. Right-click on "Local Disk (C:)"->Properties
3. Look at the Capacity. Does the number of bytes match the number of GB?
Lesson 2. Hands on!
Open up a computer, identify parts!
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RAM -
Disk Drive -
CD/DVD ROM -
Video Card
Power Supply -
Motherboard -
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