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COMPUTER PARTS LIST
Case: The box or shell in which all of the other components are assembled. The
case is typically made of metal, plastic or a combination of the two.
Power Supply: It provides the electrical power for the various components. Most often, the power supply is included when you buy the case.
CPU: The "Central Processing Unit" is the brain of the PC. Choosing a CPU is the single most important factor in how powerful your PC will be. As we stated in the Introduction, we'll be looking only at Pentium CPUs in this book.
CPU cooling fan: A small unit with a fan that sits on top of the CPU to remove the heat from the CPU.
Motherboard: A large circuit board that "holds" most of the other components. The CPU, memory, video, cards, hard, floppy and CD-ROM drives and other input/output cards fit into the motherboard.
Main Memory: Small plug-ins cards containing RAM (Random Access Memory) used by programs as working storage. Memory is often called SIMMs. This stands......

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