The Hardware supports the software, the programs of the computer.
The CPU is divided in three Main Areas:
The Control Unit
Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)
Main Storage or Memory
The CPU
CPU stands for Central Processing Unit. It is the brain of the computer, it is contained in a microchip and the speed in which the CPU manipulates data is measured in GHz or the number of million cycles per second.
Hardware
What is hardware?Hardware is the physical part of the computer, the part you can touch.
Example:
- Monitor
- Mouse
- Keyboard
- Speakers
- The CPU
- etc.
The Hardware supports the software, the programs of the computer.The CPU is divided in three Main Areas:
The CPU
CPU stands for Central Processing Unit.It is the brain of the computer, it is contained in a microchip and the speed in which the CPU manipulates data is measured in GHz or the number of million cycles per second.