What is a computer?
What is a computer?
An electronic device that manipulates information
What is a computer case?
Is the metal and plastic box that contains the main components of the computer.
What is a USB?
These can be used to connect almost any type of device, including mice, keyboards, printers, and digital cameras.
What is a motherboard?
the computers’ main circuit board. It’s a thin plate that holds the CPU, memory, connectors for the hard drive and optical drives, expansion cards to control the video and audio, and connections to your computer’s port.
What is a laptop computer?
A laptop is a personal computer that can be easily moved and used in a variety of locations. They can generally run the same software and open the same types of files.
What is hardware?
Is any part of your computer that has a physical structure, like a keyboard or mouse.
What is a monitor?
Works with a video card, located inside the computer case, to display images and text on the screen.
What is back of a computer case?
The back of the computer case has connection ports that are made to fit specific devices. Some of the ports may be colored coded to help you determine which port is used with a particular device
Where is a CPU and what is its job?
It is located inside the computer case on the motherboard. And its job is to carry out commands.
How is a laptop different from a desktop?
laptops are designed for portability and laptops has an all-in-one design.
What is software?
Is any set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do and how to do it.
What is a keyboard?
Is one of the main ways to communicate with a computer.
What is optical disc drive?
This lets your computer read CDs and DVDs.
What is RAM?
is your system’s short-term memory. Whenever your computer performs calculations, it temporarily stores the data in the RAM until it is needed.
What is a touchpad?
A touchpad is a touch-sensitive pad that lets you control the pointer by making a drawing motion with your finger
What is a server?
Is a computer that serves up information to other computers on a network.
What is a mouse?
A pointing device, it lets you point to object on the screen, click on them, and move.
What is the power button?
The power button is used to power the computer off.
What is a hard drive?
The hard drive is long-term storage, which the data is still saved even if you turn the computer off or unplug it.
What is a battery?
Whenever you plug in the laptop, the battery recharges. Another benefit of having a battery is that it can provide backup power to the laptop if the power goes out.
What are other two types of computers?
Smartphones, Wearables
What is an LCD or LED and CRT?
LCD is liquid crystal display, LED is light-emitting diode display, and CRT is cathode ray tube display.
What is the power button?
These empty slots are where expansion cards are added to computers.
What does a power supply unit do?
The power supply unit in a computer converts the power from the wall outlet to the type of power needed by the computer. It sends power through cables to the motherboard and other components.
What is an AC adapter?
Is designed to be used with that specific type of laptop. When a laptop has a specialized power cable called an AC adapter.