What Am I? Flashcards
I connect computers and allow them to talk to each other.
Modem
I wake up the computer and remind it what to do.
BIOs
Im the brain of the computer
CPU
I have a very good memory. I can read but I cant write.
ROM
Information im the computers is shared on my magnetic cylinders
Hard Drive
I can read and write but, if you turn off the computer I will forget everything.
RAM
I hold all the other curcuit boards
Mother Board
Memory is stored on chips located on the motherboard.
Primary
A set of instructions that tells the computer how to perform a specific task
Program
Programs of like ___ that allow people to work with computers without learning the computers language
Translators
Using bits and byes in different combinations to represent a code is known as ____.
Programing
Copying a program onto your computers hard drive from another sourse is known as ____ the program
Installing
People who write different codes to creat programs are known as computer ____
Programmers
Two examples of programming languages are:
Basic and Pascal
Some programs can be ____ from the internet direectly to your hard drive.
Downloaded