Basic Computer
Components
Components
What are the four main functions of a computer?
What are input, processing, output and storage?
Pick the odd one out: document scanner, digital camera, earphones, microphone
What are earphones?
This unit of storage is equivalent to 1024 bytes
What is Kilobyte?
The most powerful and expensive type of computer
What is the supercomputer?
List the two categories of software
What are systems software and Application software?
The two categories of computer components
What is Hardware and Software?
These systems use a part of a person's body to uniquely identify them
What are biometric systems?
This property of RAM (Random Access Memory) means that once the computer is turned off, memory is erased.
What is volatile?
Also called a server, this type of computer is used to accommodate multiple users accessing the same data at the same time.
What is a mainframe?
This program is the core program if the computer, controlling the hardware and the running of installed programs.
What is the operating system?
Besides Primary storage and Input devices, what are the remaining categories of hardware?
What is Secondary storage, Central Processing Unit and Output devices?
This type of printer is used to print high quality charts, blueprints and 3D drawings.
What is a plotter?
CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray are examples of this kind of secondary storage, named for their shape.
What are optical discs?
Palm pilots, tablets, laptops and smartphones are all examples of this type of computer?
Microcomputer
This type of application software is also known as bespoke software and is written to perform specific tasks.
What is custom-written software?
This part of the Central Processing Unit performs all the calculations and logic operations of the system.
What is the Arithmetic Logic Unit?
This devices is usually used in stores to record transactions and track inventory
What is Electronic Point of Sale?
This term refers to the number of bits a CPU can process at a time.
What is a word?
Institutions such as NASA and physics research institutes utilize these computers to aid in their work.
What are supercomputers?
These programs are bundles with the operating systems to maintain and protect the operating system.
What are utility programs?
Examples of these devices, which are located outside the CPU but are controlled by it, include storage and output devices.
What are peripheral devices?
This input device is used by banks to process cheques
What is a Magnetic Ink Character Reader?
The name of the program stored in ROM
What is Basic Input Output System (BIOS)?
This type of computer contains a small chip which performs all the functions of a CPU.
What is a microprocessor?
This is a set of applications which are sold together as one package, for example, Microsoft Office
What is integrated software?