Hardware

What is the “brain” of the computer?
What does RAM stand for?
What happens to a computer if it doesn’t have enough RAM?
What is the difference between RAM and Storage?
What are 3 external devices that a PC connects to?

 

The Brain of the computer is the CPU. The Full form of CPU is Central Processing Unit. The CPU is a important part of every computer. It send signals to the other parts of the computer similar to how the brain controls the body actions. It is located inside the computer case on the motherboard. It is a chip containing millions of tiny transistors and the CPUs job is to carry out commands.

Ram stands for random access memory, it is located on the motherboard and can be accessed through the CPU. The ram is the short-term data storage. It stores the information the computer is actively using, this way it can be accessed quickly.

The computer still needs to run those programs, but doesn’t have the space to do it. So what the machine does is it creates Virtual Memory. This is Disk Space that the computer will now try to use in place of RAM. Problem with that is the machine cant use Virtual memory very well because Disks have to load everything, making it slow down the machine very much.

A computer’s memory is used for temporary storage, while a computer’s hard drive is used for permanent storage.A computer’s memory is also called RAM which is an acronym for Random Access Memory. A computer’s memory is where information is temporarily stored while it is being accessed or worked on.