the part of a computer in which data or program instructions can be stored for retrieval
What is Memory?
100
is piece of equipment or hardware designed to move information or data from one place to another
What is a Communication Device?
100
a piece of hardware that is used to output data that has been previously entered into a computer or similar processing device
What is Output?
200
the part of a computer in which operations are controlled and executed
What is the CPU?
200
any physical device capable of storing information temporarily or permanently. For example, Random Access Memory (RAM)
What is Computer Memory?
200
a cloud computing model in which data is stored on remote servers accessed from the Internet, or "cloud.
What is Cloud Storage?
200
a peripheral (piece of computer hardware equipment) used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system such as a computer or information appliance
What is Input?
300
Hard disk, DVDs, CDs, Magnetic tape, and Flash memory (USB memory sticks) are examples of this
What are storage devices?
300
a program or group of programs designed for end users. These programs are divided into two classes: system software and application software.
What is Application Software?
300
the process of transferring information to or from memory in which every memory location can be accessed directly rather than being accessed in a fixed sequence
What is Random Access?
400
random access memory (RAM) that a computer microprocessor can access more quickly than it can access regular RAM
What is Memory Cache?
400
tools, machinery, and other durable equipment
What is Hardware?
400
a type of computer program that is designed to run a computer's hardware and application programs. If we think of the computer system as a layered model, the system software is the interface between the hardware and user applications
What is System Software?
400
a computer system with a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electrical system, often with real-time computing constraints
What is an Embedded System?
400
Output- the working area of a computer screen regarded as a representation of a notional desktop and containing icons representing items such as files and a wastebasket
What is the Desktop?
500
a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted
What is Motherboard?
500
a computer processor which incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit (IC), or at most a few integrated circuits
What is a Microprocessor?
500
the quantities, characters, or symbols on which operations are performed by a computer, being stored and transmitted in the form of electrical signals and recorded on magnetic, optical, or mechanical recording media....
What is Data?
500
The sequence of events in processing information, which includes (1) input, (2) processing, (3) storage and (4) output. The input stage can be further broken down into acquisition, data entry and validation
What is the Processing Cycle?
500
At least 3 examples of both input and output devices
What is/are:
Input- keyboards, mouse, scanners, digital cameras and joysticks
Output- Monitor, printer, plotter, projector, speaker, headphones, Light / LED