Motherboard
The Motherboard connects all parts of the computer together. Also known as the system board.
CPU
The Central Processing Unit that acts as the brain of the computer, handling many operations.
A multi-core CPU has more than one core in the space. it can perform hyper-threading and its speed is measured in GHz.
The Hard Drive handles all storage of all data or files within the computer.
RAM
The Random Access Memory handles all working data or volatile data. it often times comes in a stick shape and is green most of the time, as well as having gold teeth running across the bottom. There are a few different kinds of RAM such as SIMM - Single In-line Memory Module, which only has the teeth running on one side, and DIMM - Dual In-line Memory Module, which has teeth running on both sides. There are also DDR RAM - Double Data Rate, with the faster versions also, DDR2 and DDR3.
GPU
The Graphics Processing Unit handles all graphics being loaded up.
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