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Assignment front sheet
Criteria To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that Page
Task no. Evidence
reference the student is able to: no
Hand-
Task 1
P1 Explain the function of computer hardware components out
Hand-
P2 Explain the purpose of operating systems Task 2
out
table in
M1 Compare the features and functions of different operating systems Task 3 hand-
out
P1
Internal system unit components (P1)
Component What it does Example image
A processor is a crucial part of the computer
as it works as the brain of the computer as it
sends signals around the whole computer to
Processor
different parts such as the memory and hard
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most computers have heat sinks, which help
keep the CPU cool and prevent it from
overheating. The fan moves cool air across the
Fan and heat sink heat sink, pushing hot air away from the
computer.
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The motherboard holds crucial components of
the computer together such as CPU, RAM and
Motherboard other hardware components to allow them to
communicate to each other.
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industrial-atx-motherboard
BIOS- basic input/output system enables
computers to perform certain operations as
soon as they are turned on. The role of a
BIOS computer's BIOS is to govern the early stages https://www.howtogeek.com/179789/htg-
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of the start-up process, making sure that the
operating system is correctly loaded into
memory.
Also knows as power supply unit, is the
component that supplies power to the
computer, without this the computer will not
Power supply
power on
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, IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics is an
interface which is used to connect the
IDE hard drive motherboard and storage devices together.
The usb port allows to connect an external
hard drive such as a usb pen drive to be
plugged in and receive and access all
USB port and
information from the pen drive or transfer
connector
from usb to pc or pc to USB
https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/u/
usb.htm
RAM- Random Access Memory is a physical
hardware in every PC/laptop. Its role in a pc is
RAM to temporarily store data meaning it won’t
save next time the pc is tuned on, is used to
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External graphics card comes with its own
memory, works faster. Good graphics card will
have better quality also it will not be sharing
its memory.
Graphics card
Peripherals (P1)
Component What it does Example image
Is an output device which allows user to view
whatever he/she would want? The monitor
displays whatever the system is telling the PC
allows the user to
Monitor
A printer is an output device that can be
connected to a PC and some phones. As the
printer is connected to your pc the printer can
Printer receive pages to be printed of. Some printers
can even photo copy and even fax.
https://www.ryman.co.uk/paper-printing/printers
A scanner is designed to scan a page with
writing or any image on that sheet of paper
and take a high-resolution photo, it stores a
Scanner digital copy of the image on a memory card or
USB device, or it transmits the image to a https://imagescience.com.au/products/epson-
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computer which can then be sent or stored in
files.
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