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CAROLINA BOLAÑOS VILLADA
BERTHA INÉS RAMÍREZ OSORIO
ENGLISH WORK
ARE THE PHYSICAL PARTS OF BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMPUTER SYSTEM
MONITOR
THE COMPUTER MONITOR
OR COMPUTER SCREEN IS
THE PRIMARY OUTPUT
DEVICE ( INTERFACE),
SHOWING DATA OR
INFORMATION TO THE USER
MICROPROCESSOR
IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING
PROGRAMS, FROM OPERATING SYSTEM TO
USER APPLICATIONS; SCHEDULED TO RUN
ONLY LOW-LEVEL LANGUAGE
INSTRUCTIONS, MAKING SIMPLE, SUCH AS
ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE
ARITHMETIC AND LOGICAL OPERATIONS,
BINARY LOGIC AND MEMORY ACCESS
POWER SUPPLY
POWER SUPPLY OR POWER SOURCE IS THE
DEVICE THAT CONVERTS ALTERNATING
CURRENT (AC), IN ONE OR MORE
CONTINUOUS CURRENT (CC), WHICH FEED
THE VARIOUS CIRCUITS OF THE ELECTRONIC
DEVICE TO WHICH IT IS CONNECTED
(COMPUTER, TV, PRINTER, ROUTER, ETC.).
RAM
THE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RANDOM-ACCESS
MEMORY, RAM) IS USED AS WORKING MEMORY
COMPUTER FOR THE OPERATING SYSTEM,
PROGRAMS, AND MOST OF THE SOFTWARE.
IN RAM ALL INSTRUCTIONS RUNNING THE CENTRAL
PROCESSING UNIT (CPU) AND OTHER COMPUTER
UNITS ARE LOADED.
MOTHERBOARD
IT IS FUNDAMENTAL TO BUILD ANY PC
DESKTOP OR LAPTOP PART. HAS
INSTALLED A SERIES OF INTEGRATED
CIRCUITS, INCLUDING INTEGRATED
AUXILIARY (CHIPSET) CIRCUIT, WHICH
SERVES AS A HUB BETWEEN THE
MICROPROCESSOR (CPU), RANDOM
ACCESS MEMORY (RAM), EXPANSION
SLOTS AND OTHER DEVICES IS .
HARD DRIVE
IT IS THE DATA STORAGE DEVICE EMPLOYING A
MAGNETIC RECORDING SYSTEM FOR STORING
DIGITAL DATA. IT CONSISTS OF ONE OR MORE
PLATES OR HARD DRIVES, UNITED BY A COMMON
SHAFT ROTATING AT HIGH SPEED INSIDE A
SEALED METAL BOX. ON EACH PLATE, AND ON
EACH OF ITS FACES, A HEAD READ / WRITE
FLOATING ON AIR FOIL GENERATED BY DISC
ROTATION IS SITUATED. IT IS NONVOLATILE
MEMORY.
KEYBOARD
IT IS A DEVICE, PARTLY INSPIRED
KEYBOARD TYPEWRITERS, WHICH USES
AN ARRANGEMENT OF BUTTONS OR
KEYS, TO ACT AS MECHANICAL LEVERS
OR ELECTRONIC SWITCHES THAT SEND
INFORMATION TO THE COMPUTER.
MOUSE
A POINTING DEVICE IS USED TO FACILITATE THE
HANDLING OF A GRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT ON A
COMPUTER (PC). IT IS USUALLY MADE OF PLASTIC,
AND USED WITH ONE HAND. DETECTS RELATIVE
MOVEMENT IN TWO DIMENSIONS BY THE FLAT
SURFACE ON WHICH IT RESTS, USUALLY REFLECTED
BY A POINTER OR ARROW ON THE MONITOR.
SOFTWARE
LOGICAL EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE OF A COMPUTER
SYSTEM, COMPRISING ALL THE NECESSARY SOFTWARE
COMPONENTS THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO PERFORM
SPECIFIC TASKS, AS OPPOSED TO THE PHYSICAL
COMPONENTS THAT ARE CALLED HARDWARE.
RASTER GRAPHICS EDITOR
A RASTER GRAPHICS EDITOR IS AN APPLICATION THAT ALLOWS USERS TO
CREATE AND EDIT RASTER GRAPHICS IMAGES INTERACTIVELY AND STORE THEM
ON THE COMPUTER IN A GRAPHIC FILE FORMAT, SUCH AS JPEG, PNG, GIF AND
TIFF.