Computer hardware defination and introduction to PC hardware

All the elements that go together to make up a PC fall into one of two categories, hardware or software. This section is about hardware, the stuff upon which software runs.

One of the definitions of 'hardware' according to Webster's dictionary is 'major items of equipment or their components used for a particular purpose'.



Everything you can see and touch in your PC is hardware. This following list represents a basic set of hardware found in most PCs.
For more information on these components just click one.

PC Case
Motherboard
Power Supply
Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
Floppy Disk Drive (FDD)
Compact Disk Drive (CDD)
Digital Video Disk drive (DVD)
Monitors (CRT and LCD)
Keyboard
Mouse
Audio
Cables & Wires