This week in class we discussed the physical aspects of a computer. We learned about all of the hardware that is necessary to make a computer system run and what each of these parts functions were. The most important parts of the computer are the motherboard, the CPU, RAM, and the hard drive. The motherboard is the main circuit board of the computer and is what all of the pieces of hardware plugs into. The processor is the brain of the computer and it is what understands and executes data from software programs. To help speed up these software programs and also allow multiple programs to be running simultaneously without any jitter is the memory which is also known as the ram. Lastly, the hard disc drive is where all of the files on a computer are stored and accessed from. We also talked about expansion cards such as graphics cards and audio cards which are used to enhance the computers graphic or sound quality.
Learning about all of this hardware gave me a better understanding of how to build a computer and I can see this being useful if my business had an office. I would now be able to build computers for my workers and know how to save money. Depending on the needs of my employees i would be able to build machines that would support their needs and not end up spending money on useless parts. For example my website design team would probably need fast computers to use their graphic design software. I would make sure that they're computers had fast processors and plenty of RAM to run these applications as smoothly and effectively as possible. For my team that is dealing with accounting and other business things involving applications like word and excel I would be sure not to waste money on having the "best" processor on the line or an insane amount of RAM. I would buy the hardware that is adequate enough to run these simple applications.
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