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

imput

Question 2

the operations preformed by a computer to retrieve, transform , or classify information.

Answer 2

processing

Question 3

information that a computer returns to a user suck 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 tha 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 baord, replacing mpdu;es for each part of the computer. microchips paved the wat 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 moble phone that funtcions as a computer and allows users to access the internet .

Answer 9

smarphone

Question 10

the fastest most powerful computers that exist at a given time, these computers have processing capabilities designed to so;ve problems that are too complex for regular computers. they play vital roles in the advancement of national defense, science ans social change.

Answer 10

supercomputers

Question 11

a fie;d pf study that looks at how computers and other kinds of technology interact with humans

Answer 11

human computer interaction