One of the first machines that we would recognize as a computer, the 1940s Collossus, was the size of a small truck and featured more than 2,000 electrical valves. Today’s computers can be small enough to carry and are packed with intricately placed wires and tiny parts. Amazingly, though, the basic components of a computer remain the same; each piece ultimately helps the computer perform one of a few basic tasks: storing, accessing, processing and displaying information. Writer Bio
