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Question 1

Application programs

Answer 1

Programs that people use to get their work done (i.e., MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Canva, Adobe Photoshop, etc.).

Question 2

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Answer 2

A particular computer will have a particular type of processor.

Question 3

Computer system

Answer 3

Consists of hardware (physical parts of the computer) and software (programs and data used with the physical computer).

Question 4

Embedded system

Answer 4

A computer system that is part of a larger machine and which controls how that machine operates.

Question 5

Hard drive

Answer 5

internal data storage in a computer; stores the operating system, applications, computer program files and data.

Question 6

Input devices

Answer 6

Keyboards, mouse, scanners, cameras, joysticks, and microphones; a piece of equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system.

Question 7

Motherboard

Answer 7

Components are connected to the main circuit board of the computer.

Question 8

Network

Answer 8

Consists of two or more computers connected so that they can exchange data and programs.

Question 9

Operating system

Answer 9

Responsible for starting up application programs, running them, and managing the resources that they need.

Question 10

Output device

Answer 10

Monitor, printer, speakers; any piece of computer hardware equipment which converts information into human-readable form.

Question 11

Processor

Answer 11

Contains billions of transistors; responsible for the fundamental computing within the system, and directly or indirectly controls all the other components.