Microprocessor
BIOS Chip
Case Fan
Sound Card
RAM/Memory
Video Card
RAM
Motherboard
Machine Cycle
Chipset
Power Supply
Drive Bays
Modem
CPU
used to setup the computer's hardware
Central Processing Unit
Directs the motherboard’s flow of information from one point to another
Fetch, Decode, Execute, and Store
Change a computer’s digital information into analog waves that can travel through the phone lines to another computer
Computer’s main memory
Main circuit board of a computer
the brains of the computer
Determine the quality of a computer’s video display
In charge of keeping the computer cool
Random Access Memory
Works along with its analog-to-digital converter to process and change the information
Where the computer’s drives are installed
supplies the electrical power for a computer
