Computer Knowledge
Computers rely on this form of energy to perform tasks.
Electricity.
A device used for clicking and moving a pointer on a GUI based operating system.
Mouse
The earliest mechanical calculator.
Abacus.
Computer circuits rely heavily on this semiconductor material.
Silicon
Traditional input device for sending keystrokes to a computer.
Keyboard
The nickname for this area of California where many early advancements in computers were discovered.
Silicon Valley
This operating system is the most popular for home computing.
Microsoft Windows.
Device used to display video information from a computer.
Monitor
Before the 20th century most computers were based of this kind of machinery.
Mechanical.
Computers send and store data using these meal time words.
Bits and Bytes.
GPU
The name of the large early computer that was completed by the U.S. after WW2.
ENIAC
Computers use this number system.
Binary
Component that regulates the temperature of the main processing unit.
CPU Cooler.
An operating system developed at AT&T Bell Labs that was commonly used by universities.
Unix