Component

A component may refer to any of the following:

In reference to hardware, a component or part is one hardware unit designed to be connected to, and function as part of, a larger system. For example, an integrated circuit can be considered a component of the motherboard and a video card can be considered a component of a computer.

Full list of computer components

Below is a list of all the major internal components of a computer chassis (case), clicking any of the links below gives you further information and pictures.

Disc drive: CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD, or Blu-ray.

Expansion card: ISA, PCI, AGP, and PCI-X.

Fan (heat sink).

Floppy drive.

Hard drive: HDD and SSD.

IDE cable (data cable), new computers use SATA.
RAM (memory).

Motherboard (see page for motherboard components).

Power cable.

PSU (power supply).

CPU (processor).

In reference to software, a component is a segment of code designed to be executed as part of a larger program.

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