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History of Computers

History of Computers. By: Apolinar Rodriguez. History of Computers. We use computers in our everyday lives. What would we do without computers? We use computers to help find information we need for school, we get music and videos from computers, play games on computers and more. Hardware.

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History of Computers

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  1. History of Computers By: Apolinar Rodriguez

  2. History of Computers • We use computers in our everyday lives. What would we do without computers? • We use computers to help find information we need for school, we get music and videos from computers, play games on computers and more.

  3. Hardware • The Case – A box that protects the computer from damage. • The Motherboard - The largest circuit board in the computer. Its like the main part of interal parts. • Internal Hard Drive- It stores your operating systems and many other files. • Processer – Is the main processer acts as the brain of your computer. • RAM - Short term Memory. • Expansion Slots and Cards – are ports in your mother board to have any unused Expansion Slots.

  4. Connections • Power Adapter In- This is where the power cord connects to the computer. • DVI Video Output- A digital video connection that sends the signal to your monitor. It replaced the older analog VGA connection. • Serial Port - Use to connect the computer to just about every peripheral device on the market. • USB 2.0 Ports – allows you to ‘daisy chain’ several USB devices together, then connect them to your computer through just one connection. • Parallel Printer Port - Will transfer data faster than the serial port. • Ethernet/network Jack- This is what high speed modems (DSL & Cable) use when then connect to your computer. • Line In Port- This is where you plug your computer’s microphone in to record your voice. • Speaker Out Port – Your computer’s speaker and/or headphones plug into this port.

  5. Input Devices • Mouse – is a device used for pointing, selecting, and highlighting things visible on your monitor. • Keyboards - Allow you to jump to such functions as controlling video , audio, printing scanning, or going online. • Scanners – Allow you to convert anything it can scan to a digital image , which it then stores inside your computer. • Digital Cameras - You can take pictures then use the digital camera to put on your computer. • Graphics tablets - Is a great tool for those web designers and artists who rely upon free-hand drawing to make graphics.

  6. Output Devices • Speakers – are use to hear something louder like for music. - Printer- use to print out paper you need for school.

  7. Drives & Media • CD/DVD Drive- use to watch videos and listen to music. • UD Drive – Its simply slides into one of your computer’s USB ports, allows you to save to it. • External Hard Drive – Its stores several Terabites of data.

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