The frame that protects and contains the hardware components of a computer is called a case.
The term cabinet , from the Old French gabinet , has different uses. The small room , smaller than the living room, is known as a cabinet, where the owner of the property receives people he trusts.
In this way, based on this meaning, it is important to highlight the fact that in the field of medicine it is common to use the term cabinet. In this case, it is used to refer to the stay in which health professionals from a hospital center meet to talk about work issues, to rest and also to talk in privacy, in order to carry out an informative action, with the relatives of some patient they have admitted and who has undergone some type of intervention.
Cabinet in art and computing
Cabinet is also a place that displays a collection of objects linked to art or science , and the room provided with the necessary equipment to examine patients (as in the case of a dentist's office).
In the field of computing , the case is the frame that contains the main hardware components of a computer : its CPU, motherboard , microprocessor, memory , hard drive and internal drives (CD or DVD drive, etc.). The main function of the cabinet is to protect these components. However, computing has advanced towards the artistic design of cabinets, which also became a decorative object.
All the ministers form the cabinet of a government.
The notion in politics
For politics , the cabinet is the set of ministers that make up a government . The cabinet, therefore, constitutes the Executive Branch of a State .
The concept may vary depending on the country. In Spain , to mention one case, the cabinet is an administrative body that provides support to a minister or a secretary of state.
Cabinet question
When talking about a cabinet issue , reference is made to that which is of great importance to someone. This conception derives from issues that affect the continuation or activities of a ministry .
For example: "The act of corruption detected in the secretariat is a cabinet matter for the municipal government," "In my family, the choice of Christmas food is a cabinet matter."
a spanish band
It is also interesting to emphasize that in the field of music, the existence of a group that uses the term that concerns us now in its name stands out. We are referring to the Spanish formation known as "Cabinete Caligari." In the decade of the 80s was when the one that was framed within the rock style was born and was active for almost two decades.
Jaime Urrutia was the leader of this group, dissolved in 1999, which had a successful musical career during which it managed to launch a total of ten albums on the record market, two of them compilations. Among the many songs that made him become a reference on the international scene, singles such as "El calor del amor en un bar" (1986), "La culpa fue del cha cha chá" (1989), "Delirios de Grandeza" stand out. (1993) or "Nobody is going to miss me" (1998). Fernando Presas and Eduardo Clavo were the other members of "Gabinete Caligari."