What is a computer made of?
A computer is used neither more nor less than to calculate. It’s as simple as that! The user forces it to perform operations and interacts with it using peripherals. But do you know what a computer is made of ?
On the outside of a Personal Computer (PC) we find:
- A screen,
- A keyboard,
- A mouse,
- And most importantly: a central unit in the case of the PC.
The first three elements mentioned are part of the human-machine interface :
- The screen shows the content that is typed on the keyboard or pointed with the mouse,
- The keyboard allows you to write text to communicate with the (letters of the alphabet, numbers, accents …),
- The mouse moves the cursor on the screen, points to the elements and selects them by clicking. In a laptop, we find a touchpad .
The central unit has all the essential electronic material for the operation of the :
- The processor , the brain of the computer, reads, processes and writes data. It makes the calculations that allow the user to interact with the and display the system on the screen,
- The internal hard drive is the memory of the. Stores the data in binary form,
- The motherboard is the backbone of the. It centralizes and processes the data exchanged within the computer. It handles all the components of the,
- The power supply, heart and lung of the, transforms and supplies the necessary energy to the motherboard,
- The RAM memory works with the processor and serves to store the data temporarily, the time to process it. What is a computer made of?
