Processor
The computer's processor is like this human organ.
What is a brain?
Short-term memory that is deleted when the computer is shutdown.
What are RAM (Random Access Memory) cards/sticks?
3 thousand million (3 billion)
How many cycles per second would a 3 GHz processor do? What is the graphics card?
The programs that run on a computer
What is software?
Input device that allows you to enter text and use certain shortcuts.
What is a keyboard?
Output device that allows you to hear audio files played on the computer.
What are speakers (including headphones and earphones)?
It carries out calculations and logic operations
What does the arithmetic and logic unit do?
Where data/files are saved long-term.
What is the hard drive (HDD and/or SSD)?
Cycles per second
How many cycles per second would a 3 GHz processor do? What is a pixel?
Systems software and applications software
What are the two main types of software?
Input device that allows you to record and transmit audio.
What is a microphone?
Output device that allows you to see the visual representation of programs (apps) and documents.
What is a monitor?
It controls and monitors communications between the computer and any hardware attached
What does the control unit do?
The computer part that allows a user to play CDs and DVDs.
What is the optical drive?
Executing the instruction
What is it called when the CPU carries out the action of an instruction?
The operating system
What is the biggest part of systems software?
Input device that allows you to record images and video.
What is a camera (webcam)?
Output device that allows you to produce a physical copy of a digital document.
What is a printer?
It holds the data and programs that the CPU currently needs.
What is the immediate access store for?
Storage device that stores data magnetically on a spinning disk.
What is the hard drive (HDD)?
The immediate access store
When the CPU fetches the instruction from the main memory, where does it store it?
The system that manages and programs hardware resources for a computer.
What is the Operating System?
Input device that allows you to bring a copy of a physical document into your computer.
What is a scanner?
Output device that allows a user to virtually enter a video, video game, or other digital space.
What is a VR headset?
To process data
What is the purpose of the CPU?
This storage device is used in the same way as a hard drive (HDD), but does not contain a spinning disk and works faster.
What is a solid state drive (SSD)?
One
How many instructions can a CPU process at a time?
Software used to do everyday tasks on the computer
What is applications software?
Input device that allows you to select and interact with programs (apps) including access to semi-hidden options.
What is a mouse?
Output device that allows you to display images and video onto a service without the use of a monitor.
What is a projector?