TLE reviewer

• computer hardware component installed in the system unit that connects a computer to a computer network with the use of a LAN cable.

  LAN Card/NIC
• used to remove the insulation from wire so that it can be twisted to other wires or crimped to connectors to make a cable

  Wire stripper
• used to produce spoken input

  Microphone
• types instructions

  Keyboard
• used to produce audio output

  Speaker
• display information

  Monitor
• used to make on-screen selections

  Mouse
• used to store digital data

  CD/DVD disks
• used to capture an image

  Webcam
• used to print texts or illustrations on paper

  Printer
• used to provide internet by connecting the computers

  Modem/ router
• used to connect or hold the other components together

  System unit
• holds all the program and data

  RAM
• connects all the internal components

  Motherboard
• provides the instructions and processing power

  Processor
• used to read and write data

  Floppy disk drive
• used for storing and retrieving digital information

  Hard disk drive
• used to feed output images to a display device

  Video graphics array
• used to convert AC into multiple DC voltages

  Power supply unit
• used to connect a computer to a computer network

  Network interface card
• used to cool the hot components

  System fan
• reads data from write data to an optical disk

  optical disk drive
• help the user to perform related task like creating presentations, editing, drawing (adobe, spreadsheets, excel)

  Application software
• any required software (Linux, MacOS, Windows)

  System software
• helps to maintain and protect computer system (antivirus software and firewallls)

  Utility software
• set of programs that control the execution or application software

  Operating system
• any piece of hardware that contains the files required for a computer to start

  Bootabe device