From 144d657ac79e7886c372d32788b363627c61160a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: WolfHollow <44444919+WolfHollow@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:09:38 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] clarified some things (#29799) added monitor to list of input/output devices, said that ram loses data at loss of power --- guide/english/computer-hardware/index.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/guide/english/computer-hardware/index.md b/guide/english/computer-hardware/index.md index 5470b337d94..23c01540c90 100644 --- a/guide/english/computer-hardware/index.md +++ b/guide/english/computer-hardware/index.md @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ A Solid State Drive (SSD) or Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is used to store information ![SSD](https://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImage/20-147-373-09.jpg) ![HDD](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Laptop-hard-drive-exposed.jpg/1280px-Laptop-hard-drive-exposed.jpg) -### Memory -Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of computer data storage which stores data and machine code currently being used. A random-access memory device allows data items to be read or written in almost the same amount of time irrespective of the physical location of data inside the memory. +### Memory +Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of computer data storage which stores data and machine code currently being used. A random-access memory device allows data items to be read or written in almost the same amount of time irrespective of the physical location of data inside the memory. It does not retain the data after loss of power. ![Ram](https://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImage/20-232-476-S01.jpg) @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ A Power Supply Unit is an electronic device that supplies electric energy to an ![Power Supply](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/SFX_PC-PSU_Delta_IMG_9760.JPG/620px-SFX_PC-PSU_Delta_IMG_9760.JPG) ### Input/Output devices -An Input/Output device (IO device) is any hardware used by a human operator or other systems to communicate with a computer. We feed instructions to the computer via input devices. Keyboard and mouse would be the most common example of input devices. +An Input/Output device (IO device) is any hardware used by a human operator or other systems to communicate with a computer. We feed instructions to the computer via input devices. Keyboard, mouse, and monitor would be the most common example of input devices. ![I/O Devices](https://www.clasohlson.com/medias/sys_master/9225929949214.jpg)