Conceptual Framework -- Week 4

What are the essential "big picture" hardware pieces a computer must have to be a computer? Explain why each piece is essential.

1.  Power Supply - gives the computer electricity to actually work/run

2.  Motherboard - sends all the data to the different parts of a computer

3.  CPU (Central Processing Unit) - processes & coordinates the data of the computer

4.  RAM (Random Access Memory) - holds all the information a computer must access

5.  Case - holds all the parts of the computer

6.  Hard Drive - holds all the long term data/memory