Hardware

Question 1

Output devices

Answer 1

Screen, print, speaker, microphone

Question 2

Input devices

Answer 2

Keyboard, mouse, scanner, camera, drawing tablet.

Question 3

Processing devices

Answer 3

CPU, RAM, motherboard.

Question 4

Storage devices

Answer 4

CD/DVD, hard drive, USB, floppy disk, SD card, SSD

Question 5

Devices capabilities

Answer 5

• CD = 800mb
• DVD = 4.7gb
• Blu-ray = 50gb
• USB = 256gb
• Hard drive = 4tb
• SSD = Usually no more than 1tb
• Cloud storage = You get what you pay for

Question 6

Computer monitor

Answer 6

A display screen used to provide visual output from a computer, cable box, video camera, VCR or other video generating device.

Question 7

Printer

Answer 7

a machine for printing text or pictures, especially one linked to a computer.

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Question 8

Speaker

Answer 8

An electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance.

Question 9

Microphone

Answer 9

An instrument for converting sound waves into electrical energy variations which may then be amplified, transmitted, or recorded.

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Question 10

Keyboard

Answer 10

A panel of keys that operate a computer or typewriter.

Question 11

Mouse

Answer 11

A device that controls the movement of the cursor or pointer on a display screen. A mouse is a small object you can roll along a hard, flat surface.

Question 12

Scanner

Answer 12

A device that can read text or illustrations printed on paper and translate the information into a form the computer can use.

Question 13

Camera

Answer 13

A device for recording visual images in the form of photographs, film, or video signals.

Question 14

CPU

Answer 14

CPU is the abbreviation for central processing unit. Sometimes referred to simply as the central processor, but more commonly called processor, the CPU is the brains of the computer where most calculations take place. In terms of computing power, the CPU is the most important element of a computer system.

Question 15

Hard drive

Answer 15

Hard disk drives (also called hard drives or disk drives) is the mechanism that reads and writes data on a hard disk. Hard disk drives (HDDs) for PCs generally have seek times of about 12 milliseconds or less. Many disk drives improve their performance through a technique called caching.

Question 16

USB

Answer 16

Short for Universal Serial Bus, an external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps. A single USB port can be used to connect up to 127 peripheral devices, such as mice, modems, and keyboards.

Question 17

SD Card

Answer 17

An SD Card (Secure Digital Card) is an ultra small flash memory card designed to provide high-capacity memory in a small size.

Question 18

SSD

Answer 18

Abbreviated SSD, a solid state disk is a high-performance plug-and-play storage device that contains no moving parts.

Question 19

RAM

Answer 19

RAM (pronounced ramm) is an acronym for random access memory, a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly; that is, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computers and other devices, such as printers.