Computers

Question 1

What is a computer?

Answer 1

Multi-purpose
Electronic devices
Portable/mobile

Question 2

Name examples of computers?

Answer 2

Laptop, smartphone, tablet, desktop

Question 3

What is hardware?

Answer 3

Physical parts of a computer that we can touch and see

Question 4

What is software?

Answer 4

Specific instructions we give the computer to get it to do something useful

Question 5

What type of tool is software?

Answer 5

Multi-purpose tool

Question 6

What does multi-purpose tool mean?

Answer 6

Ability to run different types of programs

Question 7

Why can a cellphone be regarded as a computer?

Answer 7

Apps enable it do much more than just make phone calls

Question 8

What does the computer process data into?

Answer 8

Information

Question 9

What is the booting process for Windows 10?

Answer 9

Operating system automatically loads when the computer is switched on

Question 10

How do you log on the Windows 10?

Answer 10

Username and password to get access to own files and data

Question 11

Define GUI

Answer 11

Graphical User Interface

Question 12

Defi

Question 13

Where current work done on the computer stored in?

Answer 13

Temporarily in memory

Question 14

How do you keep work you have?

Answer 14

To keep that work you have to save it to storage

Question 15

How must your organise your files?

Answer 15

Save work in files – organize files in folders - meaningful names

Question 16

How is the keyboard displayed by software on the screen?

Answer 16

play letters alphabetically rather than in qwerty layout