Hardware
What is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals.
What is a personal computer?
A program that preforms a specific function.
What is an Application Software?
Facts used by a computer
What is Data?
An image that represents an executable file.
What is an icon?
A fundamental unit of information having just two possible values, either 0 or 1
What is a bit?
What is the name for a portable computer small enough to use on your lap?
What is a laptop?
A way to organize files into logical and manageable groups.
What is a folder?
It is the main memory and stores data and programs while the computer is running. When the computer is off anything in main memory disappears. Computer can read from and write to this memory.
What is RAM? or Random Access Memory?
A list or table of executable options.
What are Menus?
A sequence of adjacent bits, usually eight, operated on as a unit by a computer.
What is a byte?
What is a large, powerful, expensive computer system capable of accommodating hundreds of users different computing tasks.
What is a mainframe?
A type of software that provides an interface between the user or application software and the computer hardware.
What is the Operating System software?
A computer chip that stores specific instructions to manage the computers operation. Unlike main memory, this type of memory is non-volatile- the instructions remain permanently on the chip and cannot be changed
What is ROM? or Read Only Memory?
A file that is attached to another file.
What is an attachment?
A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 bytes.
What is a Kilobyte?
What is a computer and its associated storage devices that are accessed remotely over a network by users.
What is a server?
The ability of an operating system to run more than one software program at a time.
What is Multitasking?
A rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit.
What is a Hard disk or Drive?
Compatible computers from one or more manufacturers; the 2 most popular are PC's and Macintoshes.
What is a Platform?
A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,048,576 bytes.
What is a megabyte?
The Central Processing Unit. The "brains" of the computer. The CPU is housed on a tiny silicon chip that contains millions of switches and pathways that help your computer interpret and execute instructions. This is where the mathematical calculations and logical comparisons are done.
What is the CPU?
Programming code created as a prank or as a malicious action that secretly affects other programs.
What is a computer virus?
Doing is prepares a disk for use on a specific type of drive by imprinting the disk with the info it needs to work in that particular kind of drive. also the ability to control the appearance and layout of data in a file.
What is 'Format' a drive?
A computer interface that enables a user to control the computer a launch commands by pointing and clicking at graphical objects such as windows, icons and menu items.
What is the Graphical User Interface?
A unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1,024 megabytes.
What is a gigabyte?