Hardware and Software L2 - What is Hardware?

Last updated 11 months ago

15 questions

Using the internet (or the link provided https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/computerbasics/inside-a-computer/1/) , research a piece of hardware, and find out what it does!

Example: Hardware name: Motherboard
What does it do: The backbone of the computer - connects parts together.

Hardware and Software L2 - What is Hardware?

Last updated 11 months ago

15 questions

What is Hardware?
Hardware: The physical components of a computer.
These can be parts inside the computer, input devices, storage devices and output devices.

Examples include:
Motherboard
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Heat sink
RAM
Hard Disk
Video Card
Wireless Card
Power Supply Unit

What is computer "hardware"?

What other examples of computer hardware can you think of? These can also be Input/Output devices.

What is the name of this hardware?

The CPU is considered the “Brain” of the computer.

 It is responsible for the Fetch-Decode-Execute (FDE) cycle:
It Fetches instructions in its memory. Decodes it (works out what the instruction means). Then Executes the instructions (does the instruction).
How fast it does each cycle is called "Clock Speed".

The CPU can only do one instruction at a time, but it does it so fast that we think it is doing many things at once!
E.g. Watching a video and surfing the internet
It can do billions of instructions in a second.

Briefly summarise what the CPU does in two sentences.

Using the internet (or the link provided https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/computerbasics/inside-a-computer/1/) , research a piece of hardware, and find out what it does!

Example: Hardware name: Motherboard
What does it do: The backbone of the computer - connects parts together.

Hardware and Software L2 - What is Hardware?

Using the internet (or the link provided https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/computerbasics/inside-a-computer/1/) , research a piece of hardware, and find out what it does!

Example: Hardware name: Motherboard
What does it do: The backbone of the computer - connects parts together.

Hardware and Software L2 - What is Hardware?

What is Hardware?

What is computer "hardware"?

What other examples of computer hardware can you think of? These can also be Input/Output devices.

What is the name of this hardware?

Briefly summarise what the CPU does in two sentences.

Using the internet (or the link provided https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/computerbasics/inside-a-computer/1/) , research a piece of hardware, and find out what it does!

Example: Hardware name: Motherboard
What does it do: The backbone of the computer - connects parts together.

Extension: Open the link and browse at the computer parts
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/

What is Hardware?

What is computer "hardware"?

What other examples of computer hardware can you think of? These can also be Input/Output devices.

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

The CPU is considered the "Heart" of the computer

CPUs fetches instructions, works it out, and then does the instruction.

CPUs can only do one instruction at a time

Briefly summarise what the CPU does in two sentences.

Extension: Open the link and browse at the computer parts
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

The CPU is considered the "Heart" of the computer

CPUs fetches instructions, works it out, and then does the instruction.

CPUs can only do one instruction at a time

Hardware and Software L2 - What is Hardware?

Using the internet (or the link provided https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/computerbasics/inside-a-computer/1/) , research a piece of hardware, and find out what it does!Example: Hardware name: MotherboardWhat does it do: The backbone of the computer - connects parts together.

Hardware and Software L2 - What is Hardware?

What is Hardware?

What is computer "hardware"?

What other examples of computer hardware can you think of? These can also be Input/Output devices.

What is the name of this hardware?

Briefly summarise what the CPU does in two sentences.

Using the internet (or the link provided https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/computerbasics/inside-a-computer/1/) , research a piece of hardware, and find out what it does!Example: Hardware name: MotherboardWhat does it do: The backbone of the computer - connects parts together.

Extension: Open the link and browse at the computer parts https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/

What is Hardware?

What is computer "hardware"?

What other examples of computer hardware can you think of? These can also be Input/Output devices.

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

The CPU is considered the "Heart" of the computer

CPUs fetches instructions, works it out, and then does the instruction.

CPUs can only do one instruction at a time

Briefly summarise what the CPU does in two sentences.

Extension: Open the link and browse at the computer parts https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

What is the name of this hardware?

The CPU is considered the "Heart" of the computer

CPUs fetches instructions, works it out, and then does the instruction.

CPUs can only do one instruction at a time

Using the internet (or the link provided https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/computerbasics/inside-a-computer/1/) , research a piece of hardware, and find out what it does!

Example: Hardware name: Motherboard
What does it do: The backbone of the computer - connects parts together.

Using the internet (or the link provided https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/computerbasics/inside-a-computer/1/) , research a piece of hardware, and find out what it does!

Example: Hardware name: Motherboard
What does it do: The backbone of the computer - connects parts together.

Extension: Open the link and browse at the computer parts
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/

Extension: Open the link and browse at the computer parts
https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/