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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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