The physical components that a computer system requires to function.
What is Computer Hardware?
Use school computer equipment only for ________ _________ purposes.
Approved educational
An expansion card for your PC that is responsible for rendering images to the display.
What is a Graphics Card?
The piece of computer hardware used to input text, characters, and other commands into a computer or similar device.
What is a Keyboard?
This is how tall Mr. Mulder is.
What is 6'2"?
A program that enables a computer to perform a specific task, as opposed to the physical components of the system (hardware).
What is Computer Software?
________ ______ should not extend across traffic lanes.
Electrical cords
This component converts the alternating current (AC) from a wall socket to a low-voltage direct current (DC) for the internal components of a computer.
What is a Power Supply?
A computer input device used to move a cursor around a screen.
What is a Mouse?
This is Mr. Mulder's favourite sport.
What is Beach Volleyball?
The process of writing instructions that can be executed by a computer to perform a specific task.
What is Computer Programming?
Everything has a proper storage location. If you don’t know where it is, please ask. If you do know, ___ __ ____.
Put it back
The main circuit board inside a computer that connects the different parts of a computer together.
An output device that displays information in pictorial form.
What is a Computer Monitor?
These are Mr. Mulder's favourite outdoor pastimes.
What is Gardening, Hiking and Camping?
The method of connecting a computer or micro-controller with another device, allowing us to design or adapt the output and input configurations of the two electronic devices.
What is Interfacing?
If it is broken, _____ __. If it doesn’t work, _____ __.
Report it
The short-term storage component (or memory) of a computer.
What is RAM?
A device that lets all of your wired and wireless devices use your Internet connection at once.
What is a Router?
This is Mr. Mulder's favourite musical instrument to play.
What is Guitar?
The intersection of science, engineering and technology that produces machines that substitute for (or replicate) human actions.
What is Robotics?
When disconnecting a cord, pull on the plug. Never ____ __ ___ ____. You may loosen the wires and get a shock.
Pull on the cord
This component is responsible for processing and executing instructions and acts as the brains of your device.
What is a CPU?
An output device that takes the electronic data stored on a computer or other device and generates a hard copy.
What is a Printer?
These are Mr. Mulder's areas of expertise and primary focus of industry experience.
What is Graphic and Web Design?