Mark E Dean helped create the first personal computer for IBM. With his invention, we are able to have our own personal computers, laptops, phones, and printers that all work together!

Mark E Dean

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• performs the systems main functions

• "the brain"

• a disk that stores computer data​ like the programs you run (Google Chrome, Microsoft Word...)

• slots on on the side of the computer than connects to devices like keyboards, printers, and flash drives

• also called a "heat sink"

• keeps the computer temperature cool​

• Stores info that cannot be changed like the computers serial number​, when it was built...

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• Stores info that is temporary while a program is running like games, files, streams...