HARDWARE
SOFTWARE
4 FUNCTIONS OF A COMPUTER
INFORMATION PROCESSING CYCLE
MEET MS. BRUNS
100

The main component of a computer that processes instructions

What is the CPU? 

100

Software that runs a computer

What is System Software? 

100

A monitor is what type of device

What is output device? 

100

The stage at which data is entered into a computer so that it can be stored and processed

What is input? 

100

The sport Ms. Bruns coaches

What is softball? 

200

A device that allows users to input data into a computer

What is a [keyboard, mouse, microphone, scanner]? 

200

An operating system used on personal computers

What is [Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome/Google]?

200

The two types of storage in a computer

What is temporary and permanent? 

200

Another word for processed data

What is information? 
200

The name of one of Ms. Bruns' pigs

What is [Poppy, Daisy]? 

300

Type of hardware is used to store data permanently

What is a hard drive? 

300

Web browsers are an example of this type of software

What is Application Software? 

300

The brain of the computer

What is the CPU? 

300

1 place that information can be stored

What is [locally, the cloud]? 

300

Ms. Bruns' favorite color

What is pink? 

400

The purpose of RAM in a computer

What is to store data temporarily? 

400

How software interacts with hardware

What is tells hardware what to do and how to do it? 

400

What a CPU does

What is transform input into output? 

400

1 way computers make our lives easier and better

What is [speed, reliability, accuracy, memory]? 

400

What college Ms. Bruns went to 

What is the University of Mary Washington? 

500

How hardware interacts with software

What is listens and responds to it? 
500

The difference between system software and application software

What is system software runs the computer and application software helps users perform specific tasks? 

500

The 4 functions of the computer

What is input, output, processing, and storage? 

500

The purpose of the Information Processing Cycle 

What is to turn data into meaningful information? 

500

How many countries Ms. Bruns has been to 

What is 14 countries?