chapter 2 vocab

Question 1

Information that a user physically enters into a computer by pressing a key on a keyboard, clicking a mouse, tapping a touch screen, pushing a button on a game controller, speaking into a microphone, etc.

Answer 1

Input

Question 2

The operations performed by a computer to retrieve, transform, or classify information.

Answer 2

Processing

Question 3

Information that a computer returns to a user such as images on a screen, sounds from speakers, and printed pages.

Answer 3

Output

Question 4

The saving of information on memory chips, discs, or other storage media by a computer for later use.

Answer 4

Storage

Question 5

An early computing machine that used punched cards and metal pins. It was used to compile the 1890 US census.

Answer 5

Hollerith’s Tabulating Machine

Question 6

A smaller, faster, cheaper, and more durable electronic device that replaced mechanical relays, which were slow and tended to wear down over time.

Answer 6

Transistor

Question 7

An electronic device that allowed entire computers to be built into a single board, replacing modules for each part of the computer. Microchips paved the way for personal computer ownership.

Answer 7

Microchip

Question 8

A system for making digital resources publicly available over the internet using a web browser that paved the way for email, chatrooms, and social media sites.

Answer 8

World Wide Web

Question 9

A mobile phone that functions as a computer and allows users to access the internet.

Answer 9

Smartphone

Question 10

The fastest, most powerful computers that exist at a given time. These computers have processing capabilities designed to solve problems that are too complex for regular computers. They play vital roles in the advancement of national defense, science, and social change.

Answer 10

Supercomputers

Question 11

A field of study that looks at how computers and other kinds of technology interact with humans.

Answer 11

Human-computer Interaction