Chapter 1 Review Computer Basics

An image on the computer's screen is an example of this:

Without software, a computer's hardware is useless.

What the computer does depends on the instructions it is given.

This is another name for a program that tells a computer what to do and how to do it.

Monitors and printers are examples of this kind of device.

  How many operations can a computer perform every second?

Without storage, all the work you do on the computer would be lost.

Match the term to its definition or description: BIT

What does the term USB stand for?

In this second basic action of the computer cycle, the computer does something to the data.

Match the term to its definition or description: COMPUTER

A bit can have only two possible values: 0 or 1.

A hard drive is an example of primary storage, and RAM is an example of secondary storage.

Match the term to its definition or description: INPUT

Match the term to its definition or description: BYTE

Match the term to its definition or description: TERABYTE

This device does arithmetic and compares data very quickly.

Match the term to its definition or description: HARDWARE

The two most widely used operating systems are the Macintosh OS and Microsoft Windows.

This category of software includes programs that help the computer work properly.

Match the term to its definition or description: PROGRAM

This device uses a stack of platters to permanently store large amounts of information.

  During the output step of the information processing cycle, the computer sends all data to a speaker.

Like a car's gas gauge, this type of computer measures data on a scale with many values.

Match the term to its definition or description: RAM

  This is the raw information, or data, that is entered into a computer.

  Match the term to its definition or description: hard drive

You buy this type of software at a store or over the Internet.

  When a computer saves information permanently, this is called

A computer's instructions are written in

A mercury thermometer is an example of a digital computer.

Match the term to its definition or description: CPU

Software is divided into two main types: utility software and operating software.

What does the term RAM stand for?

A computer's physical parts are called

Microsoft Windows in an example of this type of software.

A megabyte is just over one million bytes.

ALL peripheral devices can be attached to the computer through the same type of connector.

This type of software may do maintenance and repair jobs that an operating system cannot do itself.