Hardware/Software
A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.S
Input or Output?
Definitions
Associations
100

The computer case

What is hardware?

100

CPU

What is Central Processing Unit

100

A Keyboard

What is Input?
100

Computer parts that you can touch.

What is Hardware?

100

Instructions and calculations are associated with this computer component

What is the CPU (central processing unit)?

200

The motherboard

What is hardware?

200

GB

What is a Gigabyte?

200

Speakers

What is Output?

200

This part is the interface that allows you to communicate with the CPU

What is the Operating System?

200

You would associate the words resolution and density with which component?

What is the monitor?

300

The operating system

What is software?

300

GHz

What is Gigahertz? (Clock Speed/Rate)

300

A scanner

What is Input?

300

This part converts digital signals into analog sound waves.

What is the Sound Card?

300

You would associate Clock Speed with which component?

What is the CPU (central processing unit)?

400

Chrome internet browser

What is software?

400

ROM

What is Read Only Memory?

400

A Microphone

What is Input?

400

This gets cleared every time the computer is powered off.

What is RAM?

400

You would associate cores, or processing with which two components?

What is the CPU and GPU (or video card)?

500

Memory

What is hardware?

500

RAM

What is Random Access Memory?

500

A webcam

What is Input?

500

The speed of your computer is primarily determined by which two components?

What are the CPU (central processing unit) and Memory/RAM?

500

Hard Disc or Solid State are two types of which component part?

What is the hard drive (internal storage)

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