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CPU
              Factopedia                         CPU stands for Central Processing



                                                 Unit. CPU is  inside  the  CPU box/
                                                 cabinet.  It controls  all the  other

                                                 parts of a computer. CPU works like               CPU     CPU box/
                                                 the brain of a computer.                                    cabinet


                      The monitors                       Let’s CatCh uP
                    used few years
                   ago were thicker                 The CPU has lost its way to its home, the CPU

                    and bigger than                 box. Help the CPU to get to the CPU box/cabinet.
                      the monitors
                    used nowadays.










                                                        OTHER PARTS OF A COMPUTER


                                                 Some other parts attached to a computer are:

                                                     Printer: It prints  on the  paper  what we see  on the
                      A monitor is                 monitor.
                     also known as

                      VDU (Visual                    Speakers: When we play
                      Display Unit).               music,  a  cartoon  or a
                                                   video,  the sound comes
                                                   from the speakers.                      Printer          Speakers



                                                            Let’s BaCk-uP

                   The first CPU was                    The main parts of a computer are CPU,

                     invented by a                    monitor, keyboard and mouse.
                    company called                     A monitor looks like a television.
                           Intel.
                                                        Mouse is used to select and point at things on
                                                      the monitor.

                                                        CPU works like the brain of a computer.



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