Week2: Muddy

Muddy: Inside a Computer

Ok, I understand the fact that there are countless circuits, lasers, and mirrors and so on that makes up my computer. All this terminology is just too much for me to grasp. The information is going to memory not storage! Once I shut down for the evening, all is lost.

I would imagine that the longer I go over these parts of a computer, the more I would recognize them and the purpose they hold. There seem to be too many different models that are so close to one and the same that I don’t understand the importance. Perhaps that is my problem, I don’t want to know more about them, I just want to turn on the computer, and have what I need in front of me. This class is causing me to become a more involved consumer.

I chose to do a little more research on the parts of a computer to see if I could place, at least a minimum amount of information, into a long term memory slot if not into a permanent storage facility. Because I consider my children to be more knowledgeable about computers than myself, I selected a website that is geared toward children.  www.kids-online.net has several great links that explain the purpose and name of each part of the computer.

Videojug.com offers a video series that further explains the components, hardware, software, motherboard, as well as several other important components in 9 steps. The overall volume of identification that this task of memorization requires has definitely put my sensors on alert, however after looking at this from a different perspective of just vocabulary words, something that my children are subjected to on a weekly basis, I feel that I can at least absorb enough of the information to be able to utilize this equipment at home and in the work field. Maintaining more of a knowledge of the ins and outs of the equipment in use will allow me to get more out of my money and to know what exactly it is that I am purchasing!  

Both images that are used in this blog are public domain. The first is from computerhope.com and the second is from ticnetwork.org.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000997.htm

http://www.videojug.com/film/what-components-are-inside-my-computer
http://www.kids-online.net/learn/clickjr/clickjr.html

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000997.htm

http://ticnetwork.org/donate/why-give/question-marks/