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i +  MAIN PARTS OF A COMPUTER
                  Let us learn about the main parts of a computer.

                  Monitor

                  A monitor looks like a television. We watch cartoons, videos,
                  movies, photos, drawings, documents, etc. on
                  the monitor.

                  Keyboard                                                                            Monitor

                  Have you seen a landline phone? It has small buttons on it. To dial a number, we
                  press the buttons.

                  In the same way, we press the buttons on the keyboard to tell
                  the computer what to do. The buttons on the keyboard are called
                  keys. We press the keys on the keyboard to tell the computer
                  what to do. Using the keyboard we can type letters, numbers, etc.                   Telephone




                                                                       Info Byte

                                                                       The keyboard was first
                                                                       invented by Christopher
                                                                       Latham Sholes.
                                  Keyboard



                  Mouse

                  Have you seen a mouse?

                  A computer also has a mouse. The computer mouse looks quite
                  similar to a real mouse. It is connected to the CPU box by a long
                  wire that looks like a tail.


                  A mouse has buttons on it. We use a mouse to tell the computer
                  what to do by pointing at and selecting things on the monitor.



                                                                                                            Mouse

                     Info Byte




                      The mouse was invented by Douglas C. Engelbart.








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