What is a computer
What is a computer?
A computer is an electronic device that manipulates information or data.
What is the name of the brain of the computer?
It’s a CPU.
Name two ports on a desktop.
HDMI and USB.
What is a motherboard?
Motherboard is the computer’s main circuit board.
What is a laptop computer?
This is a personal computer that can be easily moved.
What is hardware?
Hardware is the physical components of a computer.
What is the name of the screen?
Monitor
What do you call the button that switches on the computer.
Power button
Where can you locate the central processing unit/ processor?
The processer is located inside the computer case on the motherboard.
What's the other name for a touchpad called?
It's called a trackpad.
What is software?
Software is documents and files on a computer.
What is found inside or behind the monitor?
motherboard
There are many types of ports such as (name 2)
Thunderbolt and firewire.
Where do you store all of your software documents and files?
Hard drive
What is one benefit of having a laptop computer battery?
It can provide backup power when power goes out.
What are the differences between software and hardware?
Hardware is components of the computer that can be touched, and software is files or documents in the computer.
What is a computer case?
This is a metal plastic box that contains the main components of the computer.
What can be found at the back of the computer case?
You can find a USB port and monitor port.
What converts power in a computer?
Power supply unit.
What is the name of a laptop power cable called?
Ac adapter.
What is an operating system?
This is the most important software that runs the computer.
What does a monitor work with?
A video card located inside the computer case.
What is a printer.
This is a device that prints documents and pictures into hardware.
What is the video card responsible for?
Its responsible for what you see.
According to the text, generally speaking, which one is more expensive between the laptop and desktop?
The laptop tends to be more expensive.