Building a Computer

Me and my dad are going to build a computer. I am going to tell you about the different parts of a computer.

This is the case of a computer. It holds all of the different parts of a computer. Without the case we would be looking at this all the time(next picture).

This is the inside of a computer. These are all of the main parts of a computer.
This is one of the parts inside a computer. It is called the video card. It is used to process video. When something that the CPU (witch you will learn about soon)can't handle, like games, the video card takes control and helps display the game.
This part of a computer is called the sound card. It creates the sound that you hear through the speakers. First, it creates the sound. Then it transmits the sound through your speakers.

This piece of a computer is called the RAM (Random Access Memory). It stores memory electronically. It stores short term memory. When the computer is turned on, RAM is like a file cabinet in an office. All you have to do to access the cabinet is turn around, open the cabinet, and get what you need.

This part of a computer is called the hardrive. It stores memory like the RAM, but instead of short term memory, it holds long term memory. Long term memory is like you're in the same office with the file cabinet, but it has a basement that you use as a storage room. That storage room would be like the hardrive. It would take a lot longer to get to the basement storage room than to get to the file cabinet.

This is a DVD drive. It reads optical media (basically it reads discs like movies). With the help of the sound card and video card, it allows you to watch movies on your computer. It also helps install software on your computer.

This is the inside of a DVD drive. Normally you wouldn't do this unless you're not going to use your computer anymore(like us)because even a little tiny piece of dust in the air could totally blur that blue dot witch is the laser that reads the optical media.

Now, this is the CPU. This is the brain of the whole computer. Actually the red rectangle in the middle is the CPU. The other part just connects it to the Mother Board (witch you will hear about soon). Sometimes the computer that plays with you on video games is called the CPU, but actually, "CPU" stands for Central Processing Unit, and it is the part of the computer that processes data.

This is the power supply. It takes power from the wall and converts it into the right amount of voltage needed in the Mother Board, Video card, and hardrive.

This is the Mother Board. It connects all the different parts of the computer together and turns all the parts into the computer.

Those are the main parts of a computer(if I told you every single part of the computer then this blog post would be 10 pages long).

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