Internal Components

Binary systemThe binary system is the language that the computer uses to process

information. The binary system has only two numbers (1 and 2) on and off.

Letter Binary Code

A 01000001

B 01000010

C 01000011

D 01000100

E 01000101

F 01000110

G 01000111

H 01001000

I 01001001

J 01001010

K 01001011

L 01001100

M 01001101

N 01001110

O 01001111

P 01010000

Q 01010001

R 01010010

S 01010011

T 01010100

U 01010101

V 01010110

W 01010111

X 01011000

Y 01011001

Z 01011010

Letter Binary Code

a 01100001

b 01100010

c 01100011

d 01100100

e 01100101

f 01100110

g 01100111

h 01101000

i 01101001

j 01101010

k 01101011

l 01101100

m 01101101

n 01101110

o 01101111

p 01110000

q 01110001

r 01110010

s 01110011

t 01110100

u 01110101

v 01110110

w 01110111

x 01111000

y 01111001

z 01111010

MotherboardIs the heart of the computer. Every other component of the computers

is attached to it. The components use it to communicate and work to each other through it. The motherboard has slots to attach the components.

MicroprocessorThis is the brain of the computer, it’s also refer as the

processor or the chip. The processor communicates with the other components and does all the thinking. The processor performs

mathematical calculations and the software that people use translates its calculations into useful functions to us.

(Intel, AMD)

RAMStores information temporally. RAM store files that the

processor is currently using.

Graphics CardConvert information that we don´t not understand into

the images and text that we can see in our monitor. Some new graphic cardsincorporate some memory to improve the performance.

( NVIDIA Corporation, ATI Technologies, Matrox)

Sound CardThe sound card makes possible that we can hear the sound

that comes from our computer.

Power supplyIt supplies power to the components. It is located at the top of

the computer case- The power supply has a fan to keep itself and the computer cool.

Hard discThe hard disk stores information permanently. The information is stored stores in the hard disk and the computer access them

as they are needed. When the computer access the hard drive its moving and reading information into the RAM memory, however

the original information is still in the hard disk. (Seagate, Western Digital, Hitachi)