COMPUTER AND IT'S BRAINS

The journey into the world of computing is very interesting, as we keep routing, we want to ‘take a dive’ into one aspect of the computing that is very important for the general operation of the computer system.

Take a look into your body system, there is this part of the body that is very delicate, it coordinates the functionality of the body, I am referring to the brain! The computer system also has the brain! As we drill young minds to understand this aspect of computing, it will be ideal to run them around dialogue activities that will stir them up into self-discovery like: Can you locate where your brain is? What can your brain do for you? What can you remember what you were told by your mummy yesterday?

From the point of asking young minds to remember that the computeris made of 3 main parts? It includes:  Monitor     SYSTEM UNIT            Keyboard! 

Highlighting the System Unit! Calls for an attention, it is the brain of the computer system. But some other people sees the brain of the computer as the Motherboard,CPU (Central Processing Unit). But I want to take the explanation from the perspective of the System Unit. 

Young minds should be able to spot System Unit in the entire set up of the computer, one of the ways of knowing it is that, it is the part is not connected to any other parts, but all other parts of the  computer are connected to it. Guess what it does? It is used forprocessing information.

There is one thing to identify the brain of the computer, there is another thing to be able to describe it. The System Unit is one of the parts of the computer main part. It is also known as the brain of the computer. Like every human being with brain, the brain of the computer is the System Unit. It is called the brain of the computer because of what it can do.  

Young minds should be able to make comparison of the monitor with the system unit. When you look at home there is a device that the System Unit looks like and that is the RADIO or VIDEO MACHINE! Though they look alike but they cannot perform work the same way. The computer System Unit can do more than a single thing, while the RADIO or VIDEO MACHINE can do only one thing.The System Unit can perform more than a single work when it is connected with other computer main parts (Keyboard and Monitor).

When the System Unitis alone, it cannot perform any work. Because it needs other parts (computer main parts), connected to it, so that it can function. When other parts are connected to the System Unit, it is then called the computer system. Remember that other All other computer parts are connected to the System Unit only.  

The System Unit is called several names: BRAIN OF THE COMPUTER, Mind of the computer, PROCESSOR, SYSTEM UNIT. The system unit processes all the things (activities) that are carried out in the computer environment. 

When other parts are connected to the System Unit, it can now process information. It can carry out the following activities:

·     It can accept data while typing

·     It can process DVD while we are watching it

·     It can explain commands to other computer parts

·     It can give instructions to all the computer parts

ICT QUIZZES TODAY

1. _________ is Main Partof the Computer

A. Protect        B. Professor                C. Processor

2. The Processoris also called _________

A. System unitB. Sister unit                C. Saint unit

3. There are__________ Button on the Processor

A. 2                 B. 5                              C. 7

4. We can Presspowered Button on the Processor when it is connectedto _________   

A. CUP             B. CSP                          C. UPS                                                

5. We can see _________ on the System Unit

A. CP Drive      B. CD Drive                  C. CA Drive

6. We can find ________ on the System Unit

A. DVD Drive   B. DDD Drive               C. DBB Drive