COMPUTER HARDWARE Flashcards
A MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS DATA AS INPUT, PROCESSES THAT DATA USING A PROGRAMS AND OUTPUT THE PROCESSED DATA AS INFORMATION
COMPUTER
DEFINED AS FACTS OR FIGURES THAT STORED IN OR USED BY A COMPUTERS
DATA
CONVEYS MEANING AND USEFUL TO PEOPLE
INFORMATION
PROCESS DATA INTO INFORMATION
COMPUTER
3 TYPES OF COMPUTER HARDWARE
INPUT DEVICE
OUTPUT DEVICE
SYSTEM UNIT
THIS COMPUTER CONTAINS ELECTRIC, ELECTRONIC, AND MECHANICAL COMPONENTS KNOWN AS
HARDWARE
HARDWARE COMPONENT; THAT ALLOW YOU TO ENTER DATA ANG INSTRUCTIONS INTO COMPUTER
INPUT DEVICE
HARDWARE COMPONENT; CONVEYS INFORMATION TO ONE OR MORE PEOPLE
OUTPUT DEVICE
CASE THAT CONTAINS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS THAT ARE USED TO PROCESS DATA
SYSTEM UNIT
A COLLECTIVE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE ANY OF THE PHYSICAL COMPONENTS OR AN ANALOG OR DIGITAL
COMPUTER HARDWARE
CIRCUIT BOARD THAT HOLDS THE CPU
MOTHERBOARDB
BRAIN OF THE COMPUTER
CENTAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)
DETERMINES THE COMPUTER PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY IN PROCESSING DATA
CLOCK SPEED OF CPU
TEMPORARY MEMORY STORAGE THAT MAKES INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY ACCESIBLE
RAM
PHYSICAL STORAGE DEVICES THAT STORE BOTH PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY
HARD DRIVE
VOLATILE MEMORY
RAM
NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
SOLID STATE DRIVE (SSDs)
ENABLE THE COMPUTER TO READ AND INTERACT WITH NON-MAGNETIC EXTERNAL MEDIA
OPTICAL DRIVE
PASSIVE PIECE OF HARDWARE THAT DRAWS HEAT AWAY FROM COMPONENTS
HEAT SINK
FUNCTIONS AS AN EXTENSION TO THE MAIN CPU
GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT (GPU)
A CIRCUIT BOARD THAT ENABLES THE COMPUTER TO CONNECT TO A NETWORK
NETWORK INTERFACE CARD (NIC)
2 MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE MOTHERBOARD
PROCESSOR
MEMORY
HOLDS DATA INSTRUCTION AND INFORMATION FOR FUTURE USE
STORAGE DEVICE
ENABLES COMPUTER TO SEND AND RECEIVE DATA INSTRUCTION AND INFO
COMMUNICATION DEVICES
