Input Devices
This device allows you to type letters, numbers, and symbols into a computer.
what is a keyboard?
This output device displays text, pictures, and videos on a screen.
What is a monitor?
This component is often called the brain of the computer because it processes instructions.
What is CPU?
This is the main software that manages a computer's hardware and allows other programs to run.
This company created the game Minecraft.
What is Mojang?
This device allows you to move a cursor, click icons, and select items on a screen.
What is a mouse?
This device produces physical copies of documents and pictures on paper.
What is a printer?
This hardware component temporarily stores data and programs that the computer is currently using.
What is RAM?
This operating system is commonly found on computers made by Microsoft.
What is Windows?
This keyboard shortcut is commonly used to copy selected text on a Windows computer.
What is Ctrl + C?
This input device captures your voice and allows you to record audio or give voice commands.
What is a microphone?
This output device allows you to hear music, sound effects, and other audio from a computer.
What are speakers?
This component connects the major parts of a computer, allowing them to communicate with each other.
What is the motherboard?
This popular mobile operating system is used on devices made by companies such as Samsung and Google.
What is Android?
This famous Nintendo character is known for collecting rings in his video games.
What is Sonic?
This device converts a paper document or photograph into a digital image on a computer.
What is a printer?
A teacher wants to display a computer screen to an entire classroom on a large screen or wall. Which output device would be most useful?
What is a projector?
Unlike RAM, this type of storage keeps your files even when the computer is turned off.
What is an SSD or harddrive?
Unlike Windows, this operating system is open-source and is available in distributions such as Ubuntu.
What is Linux?
This term describes a fake email or message designed to trick someone into revealing personal information.
What is phishing?
A gamer wants to control a character's movement in a video game. Which input device would be most useful, and why?
What is a game controller? It allows the player to provide movement and action commands.
A student watches a video on a computer using headphones. Explain why the headphones are considered an output device.
They deliver sound from the computer to the user's ears.
A computer can turn on, but games run slowly and graphics look poor. Which hardware component could be upgraded to improve graphics performance?
What is the GPU (graphics processing unit)?
A computer's operating system manages memory, running programs, and connected devices. What might happen if a computer had no operating system installed?
It would not function as a typical computer for running applications and managing hardware.
A computer has a CPU, RAM, and a storage drive, but no electricity. Which component is needed to supply power to the computer?
What is PSU?