Basic computer terms
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What is the device that does computations and makes logical comparisons according to the instructions it receives? | Computer
🗑
|
||||
| The physical components of a computer. | Hardware
🗑
|
||||
| The intangible components of a computer system, particularly the programs that the computer needs to perform a specific task. | Software
🗑
|
||||
| Whenever you enter data into your computer. | Input
🗑
|
||||
| Data generated by a computer. | Output
🗑
|
||||
| The most frequently used input device; consists of three major parts. | Keyboard
🗑
|
||||
| A display device that forms an image by converting electrical signals from the computer into points of colored light on the screen. | Monitor
🗑
|
||||
| The peripheral computer component that produces a hard copy of the text or graphics processed by the computer. | Printer
🗑
|
||||
| A pointing device that has a laser guide on its underside and two or more buttons for clicking commands. | Mouse
🗑
|
||||
| A silicon chip located on the motherboard. Also known as the microprocessor. | Central Processing Unit (CPU)
🗑
|
||||
| A device that reads the information contained on a disk. | Disk Drive
🗑
|
||||
| A round, metal platter in the hard drive of the computer, it stores large amounts of information. | Hard Disk
🗑
|
||||
| A hard plastic disk on which information such as music or computer data is digitally encoded in a format readable by a laser beam. | CD
🗑
|
||||
| Recorded with optical technology that contains full-length motion pictures for viewing on a personal computer or on a TV screen. | DVD
🗑
|
||||
| Portable storage device capable of storing hundreds of floppy disk. | Jump Drive
🗑
|
||||
| A device that "takes a picture: of something and turns it into a computerized image. | Scanner
🗑
|
||||
| A computer program that provides services to other computer programs in the same computer or other computers. | Server
🗑
|
||||
| Chips on cards plugged into the motherboard that temporarily hold programs and data while the computer is turned on. | Random Access Memory (RAM)
🗑
|
||||
| A chip on the motherboard that is prerecorded with and permanently stores the set of instructions that the computer uses when you turn it on. | Read Only Memory (ROM)
🗑
|
||||
| A single digit number in base-2 and is the smallest unit of computer data. | Bit
🗑
|
||||
| A set of 8 bits that represent a single character in the computer's memory. | Byte
🗑
|
||||
| A collection of data stored in one unit, identified by a filename. | File
🗑
|
||||
| Can be located on your hard drive for file storage. Allow users to organzie files. | Folder
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
acollums
Popular Computers sets