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COMPUTER HARDWARE
HIT 1403. Assignment 1
Bektemir Kassymov

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INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................3 Hard Disk .....................................................................................................................................5 History of hard disks. ................................................................................................................................................ 6 Technology of recording data on hard disks. ........................................................................................................ 6 RAM (Random-Access Memory) .............................................................................................7 History of RAM .......................................................................................................................................................... 7 CPU (Central Processing Unit) ...................................................................................................8 Progress of CPU ..........................................................................................................................8 MOTHERBOARD .........................................................................................................................10 VIDEOCARD ..............................................................................................................................11 OPTICAL DRIVE ..........................................................................................................................12 SOUND CARD ............................................................................................................................12 POWER SUPPLY UNIT ..................................................................................................................13


References: Carl Hamacher , Zvonko Vranesic, Safwat Zaky, 2009, Computer Organization. http://clk.about.com/?zi=3/1bc&sdn=sound+card&cdn=term1&tm=2&f=10&tt=22&b t=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//pcsupport.about.com/od/componentprofiles/p/p_sound.ht m http://pcsupport.about.com/od/componentprofiles/p/p_video.htm http://clk.about.com/?zi=3/1bc&sdn=optical+drive&cdn=term1&tm=3&f=10&tt=22& bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//pcsupport.about.com/od/componentprofiles/p/p_odd.ht m http://pcsupport.about.com/od/componentprofiles/p/p_ps.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_(computing) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motherboard http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/hardware.html http://xard.ru/         15
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