| Hardware |
Physical components of a computers |
screen (output), keyboard (input), CPU (central processing unit) (input & output), mouse (input), GPU (graphics processing unit) (input & output) |
| Software |
Programmed part of the computer (executed by CPU) |
OS (operating system (Windows, Linux, .etc.)), Apps |
| CPU |
Central Processing Unit |
AMD CPU, Intel CPU, etc. |
| RAM |
Random access memory |
active processing |
| ROM |
Read only memory (static, not changeable) |
static, not changeable |
| SSD |
Solid State Drive |
none |
| HDD |
Hard Disk Drive |
none |
| Firmware |
Software that is embedded into hardware. Doesn’t update. |
BIOS in motherboards, Software built into GPU, CPU and other computer components |