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Basic computer Computer hardware | components

Input devices:

• Computer keyboard | Keyboard
• Image scanner
• Microphone
• Pointing device
  • Graphics tablet
  • Game controller
  • Light pen
  • Computer mouse | Mouse
    • Optical mouse | Optical
  • Pointing stick
  • Touchpad
  • Touchscreen
  • Trackball
• Sound card
  • Sound chip
• Webcam
  • Softcam
• Video card
  • Graphics processing unit | GPU

Output devices:

• Computer monitor | Monitor
  • Electronic visual display | Screen
• Printer (computing) | Printer
• Computer speakers | Speakers
• Sound card
• Video card

Removable media | Removable data storage:

• Disk pack
• Floppy disk
• Optical disc
  • Compact disc | CD
  • DVD
  • Blu-ray
• Flash memory
  • Memory card
  • USB flash drive

Computer case:

• Central processing unit
  • Microprocessor
• Motherboard
• Computer memory | Memory
  • Random-access memory | RAM
  • Nonvolatile BIOS memory | BIOS
• Computer data storage | Data storage
  • Hard disk drive | HDD
  • Solid-state drive | SSD
  • Solid-state hybrid drive | SSHD
• Power supply unit (computer) | Power supply
  • Switched-mode power supply | SMPS
• MOSFET
  • Power MOSFET
  • Voltage regulator module | VRM
• Network interface controller
• Expansion card

Computer port (hardware) | Ports:

• Ethernet
• IEEE 1394 | FireWire (IEEE 1394)
• Parallel port
• Serial port
• PS/2 port
• USB
• Thunderbolt_(interface) | Thunderbolt
• DisplayPort / HDMI / Digital_Visual_Interface | DVI / VGA_connector | VGA
• eSATA | eSATA
• Phone connector (audio) | Audio jack