A language of ones and zeros.

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CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT

(CPU)

Handles most of the work inside your computer. THE "BRAIN" IN YOUR COMPUTER.

Kind of like the computer's "brain".

It "crunches numbers"

and

tells the other parts what to do.

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How many million times a second a computer can process instructions.

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Read Only Memory;

it only holds onto information that the computer needs permanently.

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Random Access Memory; its a more temporary type of storage.

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Several hard magnetic discs where information on the computer is stored in bits.

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It ties everything together; external devices are connected to the circuit board.

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Electrical pathway that links up the internal stuff like the ROM, RAM, the CPU and the hard drive.

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Virtual files, folders and panels and buttons and stuff that lets you interact with the computer; it is called an interface. Some examples include Mac OS, Windows and UNIX.

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Let's your computer talk to other computers.

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