Input Devices
A device used to control a pointer on a screen and select items.
What is a Mouse?
A screen that displays visual output from a computer.
What is a Monitor?
A device that stores data permanently, even when the computer is turned off.
What is a Hard Drive?
The main processor that executes instructions in a computer system.
What is an CPU?
A hardware component that allows connection to a wired network.
What is an Ethernet Card?
A device with keys used to enter text and commands into a computer.
What is a Keyboard?
A device produces a paper copy of digital documents.
What is a Printer?
Temporary memory that holds data while the computer is running.
What is RAM?
The primary circuit board that connects and allows communication between components.
What is a Mother Board?
A hardware component that allows connection to wireless networks.
What is a Wireless Card?
A device that captures images and video and sends them to a computer.
What is a Webcam?
A component that outputs audio signals to speakers or headphones
What is a Sound Card?
Memory that stores permanent startup instructions for the computer.
What is ROM?
A component that provides electrical power to all parts of the computer.
What is Power Supply?
A device that converts physical documents into digital format.
What is a Scanner?
A device that capture sound and sends audio data into a computer
What is a Microphone?
A component that processes and outputs visual data to a display.
What is a Display Card?
A port used to connect external devices for data transfer and storage access.
What is a USB Port?
A device that circulates air to reduce heat inside the computer.
What is a Cooling Fan?
A standard interface used to connect many types of external devices to a computer.
What is a USB Port?
This input device was invented in 1964 and was originally made of wood.
What is a Mouse?
The sharpness of a screen is measured in these tiny units.
What is Pixels?
Modern storage devices often measure capacity in units like GB and TB; this stands for this term.
What are gigabytes?
Wi-Fi allows devices to connect to the internet without using this type of connection.
What are Cables?
This type of network connection uses radio signals instead of cables.
What is Wi-Fi?