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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Components

Input devices:
 Central processing unit(CPU): Computers brain.

Primary Memory
Read Only Memory (ROM): The black one. It does not change it's memory. Permanent. Non Volatile.

Random Access Memory (RAM): Holds what's going on right now. It changes rapidly. Volatile. Can dump and delete.

Secondary storage
Hardrive: Secondary memory. Long term memory.

Printers: laser


Interface
Allows you to communicate with the computer.

Graphical User Interface(GUI): Are WIMPS. Windows Icons Menus Pointers.

Command Lined Interface:A command-line interface (CLI) is a mechanism for interacting with a computer operating system or software by typing commands to perform specific tasks.