Computer Hardware (cont.)

The hardware of every computer—from the simple microprocessor system that runs your microwave, to a laptop computer, to a large supercomputer used for research—can be divided into three main subsystems.

  • CPU: the Central Processing Unit
  • Storage: Primary and Secondary
  • I/O: Input/Output

 

 
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These pages were written by Steven H. VanderLeest and Jeffrey Nyhoff and edited by Nancy Zylstra
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