Hardware/Software
What is a keyboard?
Hardware
What role does a mouse play?
Input
What function does Random Access Memory (RAM) do?
Temporary storage and access.
Software is not _____?
Tangible/seen
What secondary storage holds small files?
USB Flash Drive
What hardware displays information?
Monitor
What role does an printer play?
Ouput
What is considered the manager of everything?
Operating System (OS)
Helps users perform specific tasks.
Application Software
Can hardware be replacable?
True
What is Google?
Software
What role does a video camera play on a computer?
Input
This notifies the Central Processing Unit CPU.
IRQ Interrupt Request
Software that manages and controls hardware and provides platform.
System software.
Where can the OS find data or instructions?
Memory Address
Can hardware or software get a virus?
Software
What role does a monitor play?
Output
What is the role of Direct Memory Access (DMA)?
Transfers data directly to memory without CPU.
Zoom is what kind of software?
Communication software
If data goes straight from device to memory, what is it using?
DMA
What distinguishes hardware from software?
Hardware needs software to function.
What 4 components does something need to be a computing device?
1. Input
2. Processing
3. Storage
4. Output
______ loads program. Keyboard activates _____ to notify _____
OS
IRQ
CPU
Python (software) is checked for data analysis, and Java for critical tasks. This shows that software:
Can be written in various languages.
What does the microprocessor perform?
Process instructions and perform calculations.