Input Devices
Device used for inputting text in a computer
What is a Keyboard?
Shows text, images, and videos using technologies like LCD, LED, or OLED
What is a Monitor?
Volatile Short-Term Memory
What is RAM?
The brain of the computer. The primary device in charge of executing programs and processing data.
What is a CPU? (Central Processing Unit)
Allows users to open and close tabs
What is a Mouse?
Converts digital audio signals into audible sound waves for music, games, and media
What are Speakers?
Older form of storage that uses a spinning disc to store long-term data
What is a HDD? (Hard Drive Disc)
Internal hardware component that is responsible of powering the rest of the parts in a computer
What is a PSU? (Power Supply Unit)
Captures sound waves for voice commands, virtual assistants, dictation, and calls
What is a Microphone?
Produces hard copies of digital documents or images
What is a Printer?
Uses chips and electricity to make the process of storing long-term data faster.
What is a SSD? (Solid State Drive)
Connects all internal hardware components and allows them to communicate with each other
What is a Motherboard?
Captures live video or still images for video conferencing and recording
What is a Webcam?
Casts computer video or image output for large groups
What is a Projector?
External form of storage characterized by its ease of access and transportation
What is a USB? (Universal Serial Bus)
Specialized electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation and rendering of images, videos and 3D Graphics
What is a GPU? (Graphics Processing Unit)
Allows artists to draw and paint with pressure sensitivity
What is a Drawing Tablet?
Hardware that provides physical feedback, vibrations, or force sensation to the user
What is a Haptic Device?
Stores essential non-volatile data the computer needs to boot up
What is ROM? (Read Only Memory)
Hardware setup that removes waste heat generated by internal components like the CPU to keep them from overheating
What is a Cooling System?