Unit 1 - Digital Literacy Flashcards
Defined as any part of your computer that you can physically touch.
Hardware
What are the four categories of hardware on a computer:
1) Input device
2) Output device
3) System Unit (Processing)
3) Storage Unit
This devices acts as the ‘brain’ of the computer
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
A Mouse, Keyboard, Webcam, Microphone, Touchscreen, and scanner are what exactly:
Input Devices
The Motherboard, ROM, Network Card, Video/Graphics Card, and CPU are what exactly:
System Unit (Processing)
RAM, USB Flash, Hard Drive (External), Hard Drive (Internal) are examples of what:
Storage Units
A projector, Headphones, Monitor, Printer and Speakers are devices known as:
Output Devices
Sound and Videos are examples of what?
Output
A mouse and Microphone are examples of what?
Input
This makes the computer work. All data and instructions have to pass through it. It takes in raw data, performs tasks called for by the software and communicates with the rest of the computer through the motherboard.
Processor (or CPU)
The switches inside a microprocessor are called this:
transistors
The three basic or primary functions of the microprocessor are:
fetch, decode, execute
Computers can only use these numbers to execute binary calculations. What are the numbers?
1’s and 0’s
Information in the computer can only be represented by 1s or 0s is called this:
Digital Information
1s and 0s are the only two numbers you need to represent the flow of this:
electricity
The dot on the score board is one picture element, also known as a:
pixel
The scoreboards computer receives this type of
command telling it which pixel to light up in which location
binary command
What is the smallest unit of information called?
a ‘bit’
This software controls the overall activity of a computer.
Operation Systems Software (or OS)
There are two main types of software; what are they called?
operating systems and applications
This software is designed to allow users to perform a specific task such as calculate numbers, enter text or play a game
application software
Word, Pages, Google Docs and Word Perfect are examples of this type of application software:
Word processing software
Excel, Numbers, Google sheets, Lotus and Quattro Pro are examples of this type of application software:
Spreadsheet software
Microsoft Access and FileMaker Pro are examples of this type of application software:
Database software