Essay on Hardware
Essay by people • July 6, 2011 • Essay • 821 Words (4 Pages) • 1,574 Views
Hardware
Hardware is made of multiple physical components that when assembled, it allows an operating system, and a ton of softwares to be installed. The software gives the operating system its desired functions for it to perform any task according to the program.
The business process of an organization is supported by these hardwares that allows a company to store, and process information. With the way technolgy is going now, it can purchase a lot more space for a less price. This is alloweing businesses to expand and expedit services or orders being made at their company. Hardware supports business by making transactions faster, more organized, and they can save the business a lot of money.
A computer hardware componet has several model types. For instance, the Processor has two known brands which are Intel and AMD. These two developers are assembling these computer hardware that processes all information of a computer. The Processor is basically the brain of a computer. It is very sophisticated because of the miniturized pieces within that processes, command, and converts data in a computer language that is in binary digits.
Memory or RAM is a hardware that stores active information that the PC uses. It's compared to a human's memory due to where we store information momentarely as we are excersing a thought. It is the same with a computer. When anyone uses a software, the information right away gets saved into the RAM where if you close that software it is still actively opened. The only way it releases that memory is when the computer gets shut off.
The Hard Drive is the componet where all the data is stored permanantly. Depending on the size of the Hard Disk, you can save thousands if not millions and billions of information into it. Files, Media, Pictures, and even softwares are stored within a hardrive. The difference between RAM and a Hard Drive is that RAM releases the information once the PC is shut down but the Hard Drive keeps it forever unless deleted.
The Motherboard is the main hardware that is the circut board inside the computer. Every other component inside the computer connects to this board. The Motherboard is also known as the Main Board that also has a lithium battery that enables the clock time of the system to keep it functioning. It has PCI slots for additional PCI cards that can be attached to it for other several functions unless it came internally installed. The next paragraph will identify the various cards that are used in these slots.
PCI cards that can be installed in a Motherboard are componets that all has its own functions. A Graphics Card is the device that allows your computer to communicate with the monitor helping it display a picture of the data. The Graphics Card also known as the VGA Card also has internal memory that helps it "hold graphic and videos" according to the website
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