Eyes and Ears
Storage and Processing
Hardware
Software
100

An audio device that provides audio output.

What is a Speaker?

100

An input device that scans documents and converts them into digital data.

What is a Scanner?

100

The physical parts or components of a Computer.

What is Hardware?

100

Organized collection of computer data; usually one of two categories, system and application.

What is Software?

200

An output device used to provide visual output on a display.

What is a Monitor?

200
The main piece of Hardware where all of your saved/downloaded data is contained.

What is the Hard Drive?

200

An input device: a panel of keys that help to operate a Computer.

What is a Keyboard?

200

A system that communicates with hardware and allows other programs to run.

What is the Operating System (OS)?

300

A component inside the computer that provides audio input and output capabilities.

What is the Sound Card?

300

The main piece of Hardware that stores the Operating System, application programs, and data.

What is Memory (RAM)?

300

One of the primary Input devices used to move the cursor on a Computer screen.

What is a Mouse?

300

A picture on a Computer screen, representing a Computer function

What is an Icon?

400

A printed circuit board controlling output to a display screen.

What is a Video Card?

400
This is a set of rules, or process, to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations; especially by a Computer.

What is an Algorithm?

400

A communications device that allows your Computer to connect to the Internet.

What is a Modem?

400

This is a program with a GUI for displaying HTML files, used to navigate the Internet.

What is a Browser?

500

This is a type of Computer Drive that reads and writes data from optical disks through laser beaming technology.

What is the Optical Drive?

500

The Computer component responsible for turning input from hardware and software into output.

What is the Central Processing Unit (CPU)?

500

This is a printed circuit board, containing all of the principal components of a Computer.

What is a Motherboard?

500

A user interface that includes graphical elements, such as windows, icons, and buttons.

What is a Graphical User Interface (GUI)?