Computer hardware

Not to be confused with hardware.

PDP-11 CPU board

Computer hardware is the collection of physical elements that comprise a computer system.

v t e Basic computer components

Input devices	Keyboard Image scanner Microphone Pointing device Graphics tablet Joystick Light pen Mouse Pointing stick Touchpad Touchscreen Trackball Webcam Softcam

Output devices	Monitor Printer Speakers

Removable data storage	Optical disc drive CD-RW DVD+RW Floppy disk Memory card USB flash drive

Computer case	Central processing unit (CPU) Hard disk / Solid-state drive Motherboard Network interface controller Power supply Random-access memory (RAM) Sound card Video card

Data ports	Ethernet FireWire (IEEE 1394) Parallel port Serial port Thunderbolt Universal Serial Bus (USB)

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