Computer Hardware Categories

So what are the main components of a computer system?

  • Motherboard - A motherboard is the central or primary circuit board making up a computer system or other complex electronic system
  • Storage - The terms storage or memory refer to those parts of a computer that retain data for some period of time, possibly even after the computer is turned off
  • Input/output devices - or I/O, refers to the interfaces that different functional units of a system use to communicate among each other, or to the signals sent through those interfaces