Input
Output
Storage
Processing
100
This device uses "clicks" and a sensor to move the cursor on your screen.
What is a Mouse?
100
This device allows you to see the User Interface (UI) on a glass, LED or LCD screen.
What is a Monitor?
100
A small, portable storage device that usually plugs into a USB port.
What is a USB Flash Drive (or Thumb Drive)?
100
Often called the "Brain" of the computer, it carries out all instructions.
What is the CPU (Central Processing Unit)?
200
This input device contains the "QWERTY" layout.
What is a Keyboard?
200
This device produces a "hard copy" of a document onto paper.
What is a Printer?
200
These type of media used to to hold games and movies?
What is an Optical Disc (CD, DVD, or Blu-Ray)?
200
This part acts as the skeleton and nervous system of the computer.
What is the Motherboard?
300
What is a Graphics Tablet (or Digitizer)?
300
What is a Plotter?
300
The main storage inside a computer; it contains spinning magnetic platters.
What is a Hard Disk Drive (HDD)?
300
This "Short Term" memory clears everything when you turn the computer off.
What is RAM (Random Access Memory)?
400
This device converts physical printed photos into digital files.
What is a Scanner?
400
These allow you to hear audio without disturbing people sitting next to you.
What is Headphones?
400
This modern type of storage has no moving parts and is much faster than an HDD.
What is a Solid State Drive (SSD)?
400
This component has its own processor (GPU) and is vital for playing high-end video games.
What is a Graphics Card (or Video Card)?
500
Used often in supermarkets, this device reads black and white lines to find prices.
What is a Barcode Reader?
500
This device uses a bright light to display a computer screen onto a wall.
What is a Projector?
500
This type of storage isn't in your house; it involves saving data on remote servers via the internet.
What is Cloud Storage?
500
This piece of metal sits on top of the CPU to stop it from overheating.
What is a Heat Sink (or Cooling Fan)?
600
This type of input uses "Biometrics" to let you unlock a phone without a password.
What is a Fingerprint Scanner (or Face ID)?
600
This "Actuator" is an output device that allows a computer to create physical movement (like a robot arm).
What is a Motor (or Servo)?
600
This tiny storage card is usually found inside digital cameras or Nintendo Switches.
What is an SD Card (or MicroSD)?
600
This part of the CPU is responsible for doing all the math and logic (AND, OR, NOT).
What is the ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit)?