Chapter 1 - Hardware Vocab

Question 1

Hardware

Answer 1

The machine, wiring and other physical components of a computer or other electronic system

Question 2

Computer

Answer 2

A device for storing and processing data

Question 3

Memory

Answer 3

A device capable of storing data

Question 4

Storage

Answer 4

Where all data is stored

Question 5

Peripheral device

Answer 5

Connects to the computer through wires or other connectable objects

Question 6

Input device

Answer 6

Connects to keyboards wirelesly

Question 7

Output device

Answer 7

A device used to send data to another device

Question 8

Processing device

Answer 8

Conversion of raw data to machine readable

Question 9

Storage device

Answer 9

Computing hardware that is used to store data

Question 10

CPU

Answer 10

Central Processing Unit

Question 11

Core

Answer 11

A processing unit that receives instructions to perform calculations

Question 12

Different CPU’s

Answer 12

Budget processors: AMD Sempron and Intel Celeron
Mainstream processors: AMD Athlon 64 and Intel Pentinum 4
Dual-Core processors: AMD Athlon 64 X2 and Intel Pentinum D

Question 13

Optical drive

Answer 13

Reads and writes data through laser pointer technology

Question 14

Router

Answer 14

A data packet along networks

Question 15

Server

Answer 15

A software program that gives service to the client of the same software