COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HARDWARE

STORAGE DEVICES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is not a peripheral?
A
mouse
B
monitor
C
keyboard
D
motherboard
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -CPU stands for the central processing unit. CPU is not a peripheral device.

Detailed explanation-2: -Motherboards can be found in virtually all computers, especially desktop and laptop PCs. The components that connect through them include chipsets, central processing units (CPU) and memory. The external peripherals include Wi-Fi, Ethernet and graphics cards with the graphics processing unit, or GPU.

Detailed explanation-3: -The motherboard is a part of the computer C.P.U. It is placed inside the C.P.U and works as the brain of the computer. It does not give input or output. Thus, it is not a peripheral device.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of peripheral devices include terminals, printers, external floppy disk drives and other data storage devices, video monitors, keyboards, interface boards, external memory expansion cards, and other input/output devices that may or may not contain digital circuitry.

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