Week: 10^th

Class: Primary 3

Topic: Component of a computer system III

Objectives: At the end of the lesson Pupils should be able to:

Identify the Radom Access Memory (RAM) of the system.

Locate the control unit of the computer

Reference Material: textbook, chart and pictures

Content:

The Control Unit (CU) is a component of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) that directs the operation of the processor. It tells the computer's memory, arithmetic and logic unit and input and output devices how to respond to the instructions that have been sent to the processor.

RAM (Random Access Memory) is the hardware in a computing device where the operating system (OS), application programs and data in current use are kept so they can be quickly reached by the device's processor.

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