Basics of Computer Hardware

1. R.V.S College of
Engineering & Technology
Coimbatore
Approved by AICTE, New Delhi / Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai
An ISO 9001:2008 certified Institution

2. About the Trust www.rvsgroup.com
 Established in 1983
 More than 114 organizations are functioning Under RVS Educational
Trust
 More than 40,000 Students are studying under its fold.
 Over 5000 Employees are working.
 Development / Research / Extension Centers around 4000 Acres of
land
 Hospital with 150 Beds to serve public.
 Textile Mills, Hospitals, Agricultural Farms, etc.

3. RVS Educational Trust - Institutions
Engineering
Management
Studies
Computer
Applications
Arts & Science
Teacher Training
College of
Education
Polytechnic
International School
Matriculation
Architecture
RVS Medical Trust - Institutions
Dental
Siddha
Homeopathy
Naturopathy
Pharmacy
Ayurveda
Multi Specialty Hospital
Physiotherapy
Nursing

4. Thenkasi
Chennai
Dindigul
RVS TRUST
Coimbatore
Karaikal
Thattankulam
Tanjore
Trichy
RVS Institutions – Locations

5. About Our College
 Established in 2007
 More than 200 acres area
 6 UG Courses & 6 PG Courses
 More than 2100 students
 More than 240 Employees are working.
 More than 1000 computers.
 More than 24,000 books in Library
 More than 350 rooms in hostel for Boys & Girls
 More than 9 acres play ground with gym
 More than 35 transport vehicles in this campus
 Internet with Wi-fi facility
 ATM facility.
www.rvscet.ac.in

6. Courses in our College
• Computer Science & Engineering
• Electronics & Communication Engineering
• Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Petrochemical Engineering
UG – Under Graduate
• Computer Science & Engineering
• Communication Systems
• Electrical Drives & Embedded Control
• Embedded System Technology
• Thermal Engineering
PG – Post Graduate
BE
• Information Technology
ME
• Master of Business Administration
B.Tech
MBA

7. IIT Bombay
( )
Basic IT Skills
The Spoken Tutorial Project

8. Part I : Hardware
Part II : Software
Part III : Internet
I N D E X

9. Basics
of
COMPUTER HARDWARE
PART - I

10. CPU
(Central Processing Unit)
Input
Devices
Output
Devices
Storage
1
3
4
2
COMPUTER / LAPTOP ( Charles Babbage)
Common Operating Machine Particularly Used for Trade, Education, and Research
Lightweight Analytical Platform Total Optimized Power

11. Input Devices
Keyboard & Mouse
1
Joy Stick

12. Input Devices
Barcode Reader
Track Ball
Scanner
1

13. CPU – Central Processing Unit
SMPS
Motherboard
Processor -
Hard Disk
RAM
CD Drive
Floppy Drive etc…
2

14. Inside a Cabinet …

15. Motherboard

16. Processor, SMPS, RAM

17. CPU Connections

18. Storage Devices3
Floppy Disk CD / DVD disks Hard Disk
CD R
CD RW
DVD R
DVD RW
2 | 4 | 20 | 40 | 80 | 160 | 320
500 GB (Giga Byte) etc…
• Byte (B) 1024 Bytes
• Kilobyte (KB)
• Megabyte (MB)
• Gigabyte (GB)
• Terabyte (TB)
• Petabyte (PB)
• Exabyte (EB)
• Zettabyte (ZB)
• Yottabyte (YB)

19. Storage Devices
Blue Ray disks USB Pen Drives External HDD
3
500 GB
1 TB, 1.5 TB,
Latest 4 TB
1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB 32GB
Latest 512 GB

20. Year Maker
Capacity
1956 IBM 5MB
1961 Bryant 90MB
1965 IBM 100MB
1974 IBM 200MB
1975 STC 880MB
1981 IBM 1.26GB
2001 Seagate 182GB
2005 Hitachi GST 500GB
2006 Seagate 750GB
2007 Hitachi GST 1TB
2008 Seagate 1.5TB
2009 WD 2TB
2010 Seagate 3TB
2012 Hitachi GST 4TB
Storage Devices - History3
E.Coli (Escherichia coli)
Researchers in Hong Kong have discovered that a
single gram of bacteria is capable of holding more
information than a 900TB hard drive
Storing information in bacteria and other living
organisms, a process called biostorage.
Future

21. Output Devices4
Monitors
3D MonitorCRT Monitor LCD Monitor
CCFL’s
LED Monitor
Speakers Headphones Projectors

22. Output Devices4
Dot-Matrix
Ribbon
Laser
Powder
Inkjet
Ink spray
3D Printer
Printers
Plotter
Powder

23. PART : II
Basics
Of
SOFTWARE

24. System Software - OS
Windows :
(95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 )
Open Source :
( Red hat Linux, Fedora, Ubuntu, SUSE, etc.)

25. Application Software
Anti virus, Word, Excel, Paint, Media players, Games etc..

26. Mobile – System Software (OS)
 Operating Systems used in mobile phones
7,18,11,035

27. Mobile - Application Software
More than 3,00,000 apps available in android

28. Tablet PC & Features
Both Input & Output Devices
• Android / Windows / Apple OS
• Wi-fi
• 3G / 4G
• Simcard – Calling facility
• Memory Card
• Audio / Video

29. PART : III
Basics
of
( )

30. Internet - History
In 1969, the US Department of Defense
started a project to allow researchers
and military personnel to communicate
with each other in an emergency. The
project was called ARPANET and it is
the foundation of the Internet
The advent of the World Wide Web
(www) in the early 1990's changed all
that.

31. Connect Your PC to Internet
• Telephone Line
• Data Card
• 2G / 3G /
Modem
• Mobile phone
• 4G Modem

32. Generation of Mobile Networks

33. Active Users: 6,30,00,000
• Founded in February 4, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg
• Worldwide - 2005 Mark Zuckerberg