1. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 What is a Computer HardwareStorageSoftware Random Questions

2. What is input?

3. Raw information or data

4. List two examples of input

5. Photographs (from a scanner or camera), videos, songs, letters, numbers (from a keyboard)

6. What is a bit?

7. The building blocks of computer language.

8. How many bits to make a byte

9. 8 or more

10. What are two of the four steps in the information processing cycle?

11. Input, processing, output, and storage.

12. Give an example of computer output

13. Printed documents, an image on the screen.

14. Give two examples of storage devices

15. Hard drive, cd, dvd, flash drive

16. What does the processor do?

17. Turns raw data into usable information.

18. Which device processes data

19. Central Processing Unit

20. What is used to store data while the computer is working?

21. RAM

22. What is secondary storage?

23. Pieces of hardware that let you store data permanently

24. Give an example of secondary storage

25. Hard drive, floppy disks, CD ROM and DVD drives

26. About how much data does a floppy disk hold, a cd rom, and a dvd drive.

27. 1.44 megabytes, 640 megabytes, 5.5 gigabytes

28. What is hardware that is connected to a computer case called?

29. peripheral

30. What are parallel ports most often used for?

31. Printers

32. Name two widely used operating systems

33. Linux, Windows, Macintosh

34. What does software do?

35. Tells a computer what to do and how to do it.

36. Give an example of system software

37. Windows XP and Norton Utilities System software includes operating system and utilities programs

38. What does an operating system do?

39. Lets the hardware devices communicate with one another and keeps them running efficiently.

40. What does utility software do?

41. Helps computers work properly. They usually do maintenance work and repair jobs.

42. What is off-the-shelf software?

43. Ready-made programs to handle common tasks.

44. Give an example of communications software

45. AOL, Outlook, Earthlink Communications software allows computers to connect to the Internet and send email.

46. Give an example of graphics software

47. Photoshop, Illustrator Graphics software makes it possible to draw, paint, and touch up photos

48. What wireless technology helps people avoid using cables?

49. Bluetooth

50. Is RAM primary or secondary storage?

51. Primary