If you are using a desktop computer, you may already know that there  isn't any single part known as a "computer". A computer is a system of  several parts working together. The physical parts which you could see  and touch are jointly known as hardware. There are some computer  hardware parts which collectively form a computer.
Computer Hardware Parts:
System Unit 
The system unit is the heart of a  computer system. Generally, it's a rectangular box placed on or beneath  your desk. There are several electronic components which process  information inside this box. The most vital of these components is the  central processing unit (CPU), or microprocessor, which acts as the  brain of your computer. Another component is the RAM or the random  access memory which temporarily stores data that the CPU uses while the  computer is on. When the computer is turned off, the information stored  in RAM gets erased.
Hard Disk Drive  
Your computer's hard disk drive  stores data on a hard disk, a firm plate or stack of plates with a  magnetic surface.  The hard disks normally serve as your computer's  primary means of storage, holding almost all of your programs and files  as it can hold enormous amounts of information. The hard disk is usually  located inside the system unit.
DVD and CD Drives 
Almost all computers today  come equipped with a DVD or CD drive, generally located on the front of  the system unit. CD drives use lasers to read or retrieve data from a CD  and several CD drives could also write or record data onto CDs. DVD  drives could do everything that CD drives can plus they can also read  DVDs. If you have a DVD drive, you could watch movies on your computer.  Several DVD drives could record data onto blank DVDs.
Floppy Disk Drive 
Floppy disk drives store  information on floppy disks, also known as floppies or diskettes. Floppy  disks compared to CDs and DVDs can store only a small amount of data.  They also recover information more slowly and are more prone to damage.  For these reasons, floppy disk drives are less admired than they used to  be, though some computers still include them.
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