COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL STORAGE DEVICES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Outside the computer
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Difficult to damage
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Inside the computer
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -External describes a hardware device that’s installed outside of the computer. For example, a printer (shown in picture) is an external device because it connects to the back of the computer and is outside the case. However, a video card is an internal device since it is found inside of the computer case.
Detailed explanation-2: -External hardware Examples: keyboard, mouse, trackpad (or touchpad), touchscreen, joystick, microphone, light pen, webcam, speech input, etc. Output device – a piece of hardware device that receives information from a computer.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Internal components are devices that are either built-in to the motherboard of the computer, added on an expansion card or a device attached to the motherboard by way of ribbon cables. External devices are added to the computer system by plugging them into one of the ports on the back of the computer.
Detailed explanation-4: -External Devices An external device linked to an I/O module is called peripheral device or peripheral. External Devices can be categorized as: Human readable: suitable for communicating with computer user. For example-video display terminals and printers.