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A device that is used with the computer to allow for voice recording/capturing functions such as videoconferencing.
What is a microphone?
A device that displays text or graphics on paper using ink or toner.
What is a printer?
Permanent memory (non-volatile). The memory programmed by the manufacturer containing system information. Booting Process starts from this memory
This is the “brain” of the computer and is attached to the mother board.
What is the CPU?
All components of the computer are attached to this as well as external devices. This is the main circuit board of the computer – which means that it has metal traces that allow electricity to get to all areas of the computer.
What is a Motherboard?
This is a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen.
What is a mouse?
A simplified stereo system without a radio or other media sources built in, that is used to output sound.
What are speakers?
This is the place where information is stored for the length of time your computer is ON and a program is running. Unless you save information to your hard drive, this information will be erased when you turn off the computer.
What is RAM?
It is the main computer chip that manages all of the information flow and processing instructions.
What is the CPU?
These are areas where you can insert additional hardware. For example, if you want better sound, you can insert a sound card here.
What are expansion slots?
A device that is designed for the input of text and characters, and also to control the operation of the computer.
What is a keyboard?
A device that can display signals generated by a computer as images on a screen.
What is a monitor?
A storage device which is typically removable and rewritable. It is much smaller than a floppy disk, and most weigh less than an ounce (30 g). Storage capacities can range from 256 MB to 16 GB.
What is a USB?
It is also called a microprocessor.
What is the CPU?
What is the Adobe creative suite?
It works more like a photocopy machine. It is used when some information is available on paper and it is to be transferred to the hard disk of the computer for further manipulation.
What is a scanner?
Allows your PC to connect to your Internet Service Provider via cable or a phone line.
What is a modem? I/O
This is the storage space of the computer. It stores both software and data files. If you save your files while doing your work, this is where the information gets stored.
What is a Hard Disk (HDD)?
Top CPU manufacturer.
What is INTEL?
This is a set of electronic instructions that tells the computer how to do certain tasks. A set of instructions is often called a program.
What is software?
A device used for reading data (data in the form of light and dark lines) it is generally used in labelling goods, numbering the books, etc. It may be a handheld scanner or may be embedded in a stationary scanner.
What is a bar code reader?
A type of non-magnetic device capable of storing large amounts of data on a disk -- the most common size is 700 MB (megabytes).
What is a CD writer? I/0
The largest unit of measuring data.
What is a TerraByte (TB)?
The name of the chip inside the CPU.
What is a microprocessor?
This controls the overall activity of a computer. Most new computers come with Windows 10 or MacOS operating system software.
What is an Operating System?