🖱️ Components of a computer

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- Chassis
└── Houses the internal components of a system

- Optical drive
└── CD / DVD drive reader/writer

- Mainboard/Motherboard
└── Allows the internal devices to communicate with each other

- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
└── The main computing part of the unit

- Random Access Memory (RAM)
└── Volatile temporary storage - Data is lossed when power is lossed

- Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
└── Enables the ability for output to display unit, for example a monitor

- Storage
└── Used to store data, for example HDD or SSD

- Fans
└── Used to maintain the temperate of the computing system

- Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
└── Controls the level of redundancy used on storage drives - RAID

- Peripherals
├── Screen
├── Keyboard
└── Mouse