What is a Computer?

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A very nice, orderly, visually interesting map.Some of these topics need rather more balance as they reflect your personal interests rather strongly!

Hardware

CPU

Memory

Harddrive

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the harddrive is the main storage of your computer, all the data is saved on it.

Harddrive

Harddrive

Ram

5 GB Ram

5 GB Ram

Processor

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is the thing that work in your computer generally you can say that it calculates things

Common Proccessor

Common Proccessor

Reading Devices

Disk Drive

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The disk drive is a bit older, it was used to read floppy disks

Floppy Disk Drive

Floppy Disk Drive

USB Plug

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You can plug a USB stick in it and use the data on the stick

USB Plug

USB Plug

CD Drive

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The CD drive reads CD with data on itsome of them can also burn data on new CD's

CD Reader

CD Reader

Input Devices

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Can you group some of them in terms of what kind of input device they are? e.g. pointing device?Mr McDermott

Keyboard

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The Keyboard is the boar with all the letters on it

A Keyboard

A Keyboard

Mouse

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the mouse is the thing with the two buttons to klickYou can move the cursor around with it

A Computer Mouse from Microsoft

A Computer Mouse from Microsoft

Microphone

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With a microphone you can record speaches or talk to other persons in the internet

Microphone

Microphone

Trackpad

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A trackpad is normally only used by laptops because you don't have a mouse with a laptop

Trackpad on a Laptop

Trackpad on a Laptop

Game Controller

A Gamecotroller

A Gamecotroller

Output Devices

Monitor

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Is the squared thing which stands on your desk and shows you what happens on the computer

A Monitor

A Monitor

Headphones

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The same as speakers but only you can hear the sound

Headphones

Headphones

Speakers

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Through the speakers the sound comes out of the computer

Normal Speakers

Normal Speakers

Software

Office Programs

Microsoft Programs

Power Point

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Power point is a program with which you can set up presentations

cover

cover

Excel

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With Excel you can make tables of all kinds

Cover

Cover

Word

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With Word you can write texts

Cover

Cover

Apple Programs

Iwork

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The Apple version of Microsoft Office

Iwork box

Iwork box

Entertainment

Games

Strategie

Age of Empires

Gameplay

Gameplay

The Settlers

Gameplay

Gameplay

Shooter

Call of Duty

Gameplay

Gameplay

Battlefield

Cover

Cover

Videos

Divx Player

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A player that i mostly used for online watching of films

How the player looks

How the player looks

Flashplayer

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The most common player, also used on Youtube

The Cover

The Cover

Realplayer

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A player that is nearly the same as the flashplayer but is not that common anymore

Cover

Cover

Design

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Is design software part of entertainment?I think it would be a good idea to do a new mindmap for the different types of software

Photoshop

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With Photoshop you can change or fake already existing pictures

A older Cover

A older Cover

Paint

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With paint you can paint new pictures

How the program looks

How the program looks