My teacher and some other students were calling the computer, or the "tower" a hard drive. Once they decided to call it a "hard drive protector" Its not a hard drive protector, or a HARD DRIVE. its just the COMPUTER, cause its also got the CD ROM drive, the sound card, the graphics card, the processor and all that other stuff, I might be wroung, but i don't think so, Am I??
2006-10-29 12:00:12 · 10 answers · asked by Jordan Watkins 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
A computer case (also known as the computer chassis, cabinet, tower, box or housing) is the enclosure that contains the main components of a computer. Cases are usually constructed from steel, aluminum, or plastic, although other materials (such as wood and perspex) have also been used in case designs.
2006-10-29 12:02:37 · answer #1 · answered by frankfieldsjr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "tower" is simply a configuration of a computer system. It's merely a box, tall like a tower, in comparison to a laptop, or a desktop.
Inside the box are components like a hard drive, motherboard, disk drive, card slots, CD or DVD read/write drives, sound/video/graphics cards, modem, etc.
A tower will have all the components except the monitor, keyboard and mouse within a vertical housing.
2006-10-29 20:06:13 · answer #2 · answered by Mmerobin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No you are correct. The tower is the Case. Inside the tower(or CASE) is the Hard Drive, CPU, Motherboard, CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, memory, Video/Audio Card, NIC, etc. A hard drive is a small device that sits inside the tower
2006-10-29 20:02:57 · answer #3 · answered by Deasel98 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, the Tower simply means the casing. The hard drive is just that, a mechanical piece of hardware.
2006-10-29 20:02:27 · answer #4 · answered by Geek Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tower holds the hardware, the hard drive is a hardware device that stores data.
2006-10-29 20:03:41 · answer #5 · answered by JOhNe=mc² 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tower usaully refers to the case and all of the componets inside ( i don't want to name them all). The hard drive is one of the components, but you are correct.
2006-10-29 20:03:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are right. I head some people calling the tower as CPU !
the tower or call it the computer, has the HDD, motherboard, cards and the CPU in it.
2006-10-29 20:03:10 · answer #7 · answered by Quantum 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Right
2006-10-29 20:06:33 · answer #8 · answered by jack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, you are right, it is the case, nothing else, and all the bits go inside the case.
2006-10-29 20:03:01 · answer #9 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup u call it the Motherboard
2006-10-29 20:03:29 · answer #10 · answered by Al3x_Dogg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋