Unit 3

Question 1

what type of work do computers do?

Answer 1

thinking work

Question 2

what do computers do to information?

Answer 2

manipulate it

Question 3

how were computers before the 20th century?

Answer 3

wood components

Question 4

how were computers during the 20th century?

Answer 4

made of electrical components, but huge and slow
only used as calculators

Question 5

how are computers now?

Answer 5

faster and smaller

Question 6

what 4 tasks makes a computer a computer?

Answer 6

input, store, process, output

Question 7

input

Answer 7

stuff you do that makes the computer do stuff

Question 8

storage and process

Answer 8

-inputs give info that’s stored in memory
-computer processor takes the info from memory and manipulates it through algorithm
-then processor sends processed info back to be stored
-continues this process till the processed info is ready to be ouputed

Question 9

what is algorithm?

Answer 9

a series of compounds

Question 10

output

Answer 10

-depends on computer design

Question 11

what is the relationship between input and output between two connected computers?

Answer 11

output of one is input of other