| A | B |
| hard drive | An internal device that stores all files and data. |
| video card | processes the graphics and visual data on the computer |
| sound card | processes all of the audio and sound on a computer |
| bios | wakes the computer up |
| motherboard | the main circuit board to the computer. everything connects to it including but not limited to the hard drive, cd rom drive, power supply, usb cable ports |
| power supply | it provides electricity through the motherboard to power the computer |
| modem | provides access to networks through telephone and cable lines |
| CPU | known as the "brain" of the computer, it processes simple and complex instructions. |
| RAM | known as the "memory sticks" of the computer. The more of this you have, the more computer programs you can run at once! |