Explain the hardware found in a computer.

Explanation should include

  • roles and relationships among the various components
  • central processing unit (CPU)
  • memory
  • network adapters (wired and wireless)
  • graphic and sound cards
  • mass storage devices (internal) (e.g., Serial Advanced Technology Attachment [SATA], solid state drive [SSD], digital versatile drive read-only memory [DVD ROM], Blu-ray disc, read-only memory [BD ROM])
  • ports (e.g., Universal Serial Bus [USB2], USB3, serial, parallel)
  • peripherals (e.g., printers, removable media/storage)
  • input and output devices
  • motherboard
  • power supply
  • plug n play (PnP) hardware memory
  • video graphics processors
  • Ethernet and wireless adapters.