Introduction to Computer Music Systems

The Main Computer Music Systems are: Desktop, Laptop, Tower.

Motherboard: CPU (central Processing System)

                       RAM (Random Access Monitor)

                       Fan

                       USB (Universal Serial Bus)

                       Thunderbolt

                       Ethernet

                       HDMI (High Definition Media Interface)

Hard Drive: SSD

                    SATA

Graphics Card (GPM - Graphics Processing Unit)

PSU - Power Supply Unit

Internal Audio Interface

Keyboard & Mouse: Input devices necessary to make the other computational elements do stuff.

Peripherals: (Input and Output Devices)

- Audio Interface

- Keyboard                                                                      (Bluetooth Connection Protocol)

- Mouse

- Printer

- Headphones / Speakers

- MIDI Devices: Controller Keyboards

                            Control Surface

- Graphics Display Unit: GUI (Graphical User Interface)

The graphics processing unit (GPU) sends signals to the graphics display to provide a visual interface  (GUI - Graphical User Interface), so that the user can navigate and operate the OS (Operating System) and the software.

Different Operating Systems:

- Microsoft Windows

- Apple Mac OS

- Linux Based: Ubuntu

                         Fedora

                         Chrome OS

                         Debian

Unix Based: Solarin

                     Free BSD