Hardware & Software Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Monitor | the primary device for displaying information from the computer |
Tower | metal casing that holds all of computers components. For example: motherboard, hard drive, etc... |
Keyboard | the primary device for entering information into the computer |
Mouse | the primary device for navigating and interacting with the computer |
USB Ports | Universal Serial Bus - most widely used interface for connecting devices to a computer |
Hard Drive | store data |
RAM - Random Access Memory | makes things easier for the computer to access |
ROM - Read Only Memory | small memory chip only used at start up |
Processor | sends & receives information, completes task, makes things work smoothly |
Software | a set of programs and procedures that are intended to perfrom some tasks on a computer system - makes the computer useful. Two types are the Operating System Software and Software Application Programs. |
Operating System Software (OS) | is a software system that enables the computer hardware to communicate and operate the computer software - without the OS the computer would be useless |
Software Application Programs | set of instructions that tell the computer what to do - used to accomplish specific tasks like manipulating text, numbers and graphics. For example, making a letter, working in a spreadsheet or creating a slide show or movie |
Different types of Operating System Software | Windows, Mac, Unix, Linux |
Different types of Software Application Programs | Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Movie Maker, Accelerated Reader |
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