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- 2. • NON-Technical Information: Memory • This software is very important, reason why is; what you are working on right now is what the RAM has opened up for you. It’s similar to when you have work on your desk and work on your shelf; the desk is your RAM and the shelf is your hard-drive. The work on your desk is opened by the RAM so you can work on it and the shelf is bigger and stores more work. ( You can’t work straight of your shelf, can you? ) Memory on the computer acts very similar to real life. When you store something on the hard-drive, in-real life you are effectively storing work in a depot or storage area. When you take something out of storage to use it or work on it on your desk your effectively putting work onto the RAM.If you have stronger RAM your computer will work more smoothly, with out jumpiness and less freezing time. RAM is a very big deal, better RAM = better performance; for example java will work faster because it can store memory on the RAM so it can work fast and not have to transfer all the data from the hard-drive to the RAM.
- 3. • NON-Technical Information: Sound • All the sounds come from this one piece of equipment called the ‘sound card’ this converts files from the computer into sound from the speaker’s or/and the headphones. The better the sound card the better the sound, meaning the definition of the instruments and the beat. Nothing is fuzzy in the sounding of the music. Sound cards basically download and delete the music as it goes. It is use for everything, clicking on the computer, translate work and even be programmed into games. Anything on a video game and televisions originated from the computer because it can be programmed by anything. Analogue is a type of sound, as is Digital; they are both frequency waves that allow data to be past though them. Digital all in all is a better frequency for videos and sound, but analogue is very good at transmitting phone calls. Phone’s, mobile phones all of these have a sound card inside them. Pretty much all the recent phones are using java scripts to control the phones
- 4. • NON-Technical Information: Visual • Monitors are a form of ‘visual’ technology, which it shows what you are working on at the time. They are very delicate and if you open up the you may be in danger and ‘may’ die. Projectors are ‘visual’ because they show the display on a wall of screen so the worker can do the work on a larger scale. There are so many types of visual outputs like projectors and touch screen monitors. All of the have a specific way of showing there visual outputs, like the projectors have a specific lens that shoots out the light so it’s visible on a wall, and the touchscreen allows you to change the output. There are different visual showing, for example 3-D outputs, which allow the screen to seem as some objects, are flying out at you for a better cinema experience. There are so many types of visual outputs like projectors and touch screen monitors. All of the have a specific way of showing there visual outputs, like the projectors have a specific lens that shoots out the light so it’s visible on a wall, and the touch screen allows you to change the output.
- 5. • NON-Technical Information: Motherboard • It allows EVERYTHING to work, all wires link to this board. All hardware components are needed to be link to this, in fact if something is not linked to the motherboard or wirelessly recognised by the motherboard it will not even be accounted for and not going to be used. Motherboards are the HUB of the whole computer; they allow you to do everything that you see on the screen and more. With a motherboard that can be programmed the possibilities are pretty much endless.All cables are linked to the motherboard, if something is not linked to the motherboard it does not exist. Motherboards can be hand made, but will take a very long time, you can buy modified motherboards to suit your needs; there not all the same ( some have more) ---RAM slots for faster gaming and loading speed, stronger processor which gives the overall performance a boost, and it is less likely to freeze and stall because it can handle more operations than a usual lower band of processor.