input / output vocab test

Question 1

application

Answer 1

the action of putting something into action / applying something

Question 2

artificial intelligence

Answer 2

the intelligence of machines and software

Question 3

component

Answer 3

a part of a machine

Question 4

cpu

Answer 4

central processing unit / acts as a control unit

Question 5

embeddedd

Answer 5

software designed for a specific function

Question 6

hard drive

Answer 6

somewhere you can store data

Question 7

hardware

Answer 7

the exxternal and internal devices that help you perform major functions

Question 8

input

Answer 8

provide or give something to a computer

Question 9

magnetic

Answer 9

the storage of data on a magnetized medium.

Question 10

motherboard

Answer 10

main printed circuit board in a computer

Question 11

optical

Answer 11

uses light waves to process data

Question 12

output

Answer 12

information processed and sent from a computer

Question 13

process

Answer 13

a computer program being executed

Question 14

ram

Answer 14

random access memory / short term memory for cpu

Question 15

rom

Answer 15

read only memory / non volatile memory

Question 16

software

Answer 16

a set of instructions

Question 17

solid state

Answer 17

used to refer to elctric components

Question 18

virtual memory

Answer 18

a memory management technique where secondary memory can be used as if it were a part of the main memory.

Question 19

volatile

Answer 19

the rate at which when you search something how quick it comes