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The parts
Six components and their jobs.
The list
The processor executes instructions, memory holds what it is working on, storage keeps things permanently, the motherboard connects everything, the power supply feeds it and cooling keeps it alive.
- A graphics card is a specialised processor for parallel work.
- Everything else is peripherals: screens, keyboards, network cards.
How they relate
Every part waits on another. Understanding the queue is what turns a vague complaint about slowness into a diagnosis.