Chapter 1 Review

Question 0

a removable means of storage that plugs into a USB port

Answer 0

flash drive

Question 1

the physical components of a computer such as the hard drive, keyboard and printer

Answer 1

hardware

Question 2

the programs or instructions that tell the computer what to do, such as word processing

Answer 2

software

Question 3

the brain of the computer, carries out commands

Answer 3

CPU

Question 4

the computers working memory, erases when the computer is turned off

Answer 4

RAM

Question 5

approximatley a million bites of storage

Answer 5

megabyte

Question 6

approximatley a billion bytes of storage

Answer 6

gigabyte

Question 7

the keypad to the rught that allows youvto key #s

Answer 7

numeric keypad

Question 8

the hardware used to pass info into a computer such as a mouse, keyboard or microphone

Answer 8

input

Question 9

the hardware that receives and displays the info comingfrom the computer, such as a monitor, printer and speakers

Answer 9

output

Question 10

device that allows your computer to talk to other computers over a telephone line

Answer 10

modem

Question 11

a video lr computer displau device that has a screen and shows the results

Answer 11

monitor

Question 12

a printer that uses photographic technology to produce a high quality output- highest resolution, perfect printer

Answer 12

laser printe

Question 13

hardware that provides printed output from the computer

Answer 13

printer

Question 14

a printed copy of computer output

Answer 14

hard copy

Question 15

f1-f12 at the top of the keyboard

Answer 15

function keys

Question 16

a screen copy or computer copy of output

Answer 16

soft copy

Question 17

a disc on which info can be read from only, such as software purchased

Answer 17

CD-ROM

Question 18

any hardware attatched to the outside of the CPU

Answer 18

peripharels

Question 19

global network of computers that connects millions of users

Answer 19

internet

Question 20

a network of computers within a company or organization

Answer 20

intranet

Question 21

a computer network that spans a relatively long geographic area. ex- internet

Answer 21

wide area network

Question 22

permanent memory that is built into the computer on chips and cant be changed

Answer 22

ROM

Question 23

application software that creates amd edits text documents

Answer 23

word processing

Question 24

applications software that allows you to perform math equations

Answer 24

spreadsheets/graphics

Question 25

soctware that allows you to send and retrieve electronice mail

Answer 25

communications software

Question 26

restartjng the computer by pressing alt ctrl and delete

Answer 26

warm boot

Question 27

turning on the computer by pressing the power button

Answer 27

cold boot

Question 28

appromatley 1000 characters of data

Answer 28

kilobyte

Question 29

flashdrive is an example of

Answer 29

a data storage device

Question 30

software that allows you to keep track of large amounts of info like a baseball card collection

Answer 30

database

Question 31

software that allows you to create high quality documents such as a brochure

Answer 31

desktop publishing software

Question 32

type of software that allows you to make oral presentations to a group

Answer 32

presentation software

Question 33

keys that carry out various commands

Answer 33

computer keys

Question 34

type of CD that can on,y be written on once

Answer 34

CD R

Question 35

^><

Answer 35

cursor directional or nvigatinal keys

Question 36

action computer takes to perform task

Answer 36

input

Question 37

action a computer twkes

Answer 37

processing

Question 38

results

Answer 38

output

Question 39

save to use another date

Answer 39

storage

Question 40

later on you can open data

Answer 40

retrieval

Question 41

anything extra that you can add like a microphone or webcam, peinter

Answer 41

peripherals

Question 42

physical equiptment- tools machinery and other durable equiptment

Answer 42

hardware

Question 43

compact disk that can only be used once

Answer 43

CD

Question 44

rewritable- copy and rewrite onto kt erased or changed

Answer 44

CD RW