To be a system administrator it is important to have a basic appreciation of the frailties and procedures surrounding hardware, operating systems, file systems and the network setup of your system. 

a) in practical terms, describe how you need to handle these components of your system: disks, memory chips, power cords, installing new hardware, inserting multi-pin connectors 

b) another aspect of hardware is the extent to which weather and environment are important for operation. Describe how you as a system administrator, would have to deal with the following environmental variables: lightning, power, heat, cold, humidity 

c) all modern computers are based on the Eckert- Mauchly- von Neumann architecture. List 5 components of the modern computer