Hardware Components

Task 1A

Describe what these are:

·         Hard Drive –A hard drive is where all of your programs and files are stored, so if the drive is damaged for some reason, you will lose everything on your computer. The data is magnetically recorded on specially coated disks called platters, t he platters are divided into cylinders

·         Graphics Card – Is a piece of hardware installed in a computer that is responsible for rendering the image on the computer’s monitor or display screen.

·         Processor – it is like your computers brain, the processor tells your computer what to do and when to do it, it decides which tasks are more important and prioritizes them to your computers needs.

·         RAM – RAM is short for Random Access Memory, it is an acronyma, which is a  type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly.                          

How Can These Components Affect The Performance Of Your Computer?

These components speeds up your computers speed, they also have a very large capactity if the size is large and the speed of all these components as well as this these components also give out a very high quality visual quality for people with weak eye sight and for people with normal eye sight.