2. Hardware Peripheral Mouse Display Keyboard CPU Disk Drive Floppy Disk Hard Disk Software Word Processing Information Icon User Friendly Bit Byte Kilobyte Megabyte Gigabyte Default

3. What is Hardware? This is known as the computer equipment itself. MAIN

4. What is a Peripheral? It is the general term for hardware not necessary to the basic function of the computer, connected externally. MAIN

5. What is a Mouse? A mouse is often used to select or highlight. MAIN

6. What is a Display? This term may also refer to the screen or monitor. MAIN

7. What is a Keyboard? This is the most frequently-used piece of hardware for inputting data. MAIN

8. What is a CPU? The acronym for Central Processing Unit & this refers to the brain of the computer. MAIN

9. What is a Disk Drive? This refers to the hardware used to read disks. MAIN

10. What is a Floppy Disk? This is a portable disk in which 1.44 mb of data is stored. MAIN

11. What is a Hard Disk? This device has the capacity to hold 1 or more gigabytes of information and is hermetically sealed to keep out of dust, etc. MAIN

12. What is Software? This refers to the programs or instructions in a computer system. MAIN

13. What is Word Processing? This is known as the electronic manipulation of text. MAIN

14. What is Information? This refers to the text, data, graphics, images and voice that give meaning to the user. MAIN

15. What is an Icon? It is a graphic representation of a file, program, etc. MAIN

16. What is User Friendly? It is something which has easily- understood instructions. MAIN

17. What is Default? This refers to the settings that are automatic and standard. MAIN

18. What is a Bit? 2 1. This may refer to the contraction for the words “binary digit” & it is a tiny piece of information. MAIN 000I 2

19. What is a Byte? 2 3. It is a quantity equivalent to 8 bits. MAIN I000 2

20. What is a Kilobyte? 2 10. A quantity that refers to approximately 1,000 bytes. MAIN I0000000000 2

21. What is a Megabyte? 2 20. A quantity that refers to approximately 1,000,000 bytes. MAIN I00000000000000000000 2

22. What is a Gigabyte? 2 30. A quantity that refers to approximately 1,000,000,000 bytes. MAIN I0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 2