Hardware Flashcards
To Identify Different Types Of Hardware And There Uses
What is Hardware?
Hardware is physical parts and components of a computer such as a monitor or graphics card.
What is a Software?
Software is several programs and data that tell a computer to perform different tasks.
What is an Input Device?
An Input Device such as a keyboard inputs information into your computer and the computer reacts to what you the input device does.
What are three examples of inputs for a desktop PC.
The Keyboard, Mouse Pad and Microphone.
What are three examples of inputs for a Smartphone?
The Camera, Volume button to the side of the phone and on and off to the opposite side.
What is an Output Device?
An Output Device takes data from your computer and translates it into human form that we can understand using our senses.
What are three examples of Outputs in a desktop PC?
Three examples of Output devices are the monitor (the actual screen of the computer), a printer and a speaker.
What are three examples of Outputs on a Smartphone?
Three examples of an Output device on a Smartphone is the screen of the phone, the torch and the speakers at the bottom.
What is the purpose of a Storage Device?
The purpose of a Storage Device is to hold data and save it.
