Computer Basics Review

What kind of software is a word processor, such as Microsoft Word?

What does CD stand for?

Input or Output? Web Camera

What OS is a Linux based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices?

What are the numbers that represent data as "on" with a 1 and "off" with a 0?

What kind of storage is a Flash Drive?

What is the operating system developed by Microsoft?

What is the second most widely used desktop OS?

Input or Output? Touchscreen

What kind of files are used when the computer starts?

Input or Output? Headphones

Input or Output? Microphone

What is the chip capable of rendering graphics for display on an electronic device?

What kind of software is an operating system?

What kind of storage is RAM?

What piece of hardware connects to a LAN or the Internet wirelessly or through a cable?

What is also known as the microprocessor?

What is the act of modifying data?

What holds together manycomponents of a computer, including the CPU and memory?

What are the physical components that make up a computer?

What is the operating system developed by Apple?

What are programs that instruct your computer to perform destructive activities?

Input or Output? Mouse

What is a device that utilizes hardware and software for storing and processing data?

What hardware determines how fast the computer runs?

What are the instructions to a computer on how to process data?

What is an internal storage device that stores data permanently unless you delete it?

What electronic circuit does the video card hold?

Input or Output? Laser Printer

What is the most widely used desktop OS?

What controls the communication between the hardware & software of a computer?

How many types of hard drives are there?

What is the chip that processes data & carries out instructions to run programs?

Input or Output? Virtual Reality (VR) headsets

Input or Output? Joystick

What kind of storage is known as internal memory?

Input or Output? Projector

What does R.O.M. stand for?

What type of software is developed to help the user perform a variety of specific tasks?

What type of hardware is used to transfer data out from a computer system?

What kind of software is a web browser, such as Google Chrome?

What is a very small solid state hard drive that can be inserted into a port for storage?

What is the Unix-based operating system called?

What does R.A.M. stand for?

What inside a computer holds info that is being used by the CPU while the computer is on?

What does USB stand for?

What tracks a user's Internet usage and send this data back to the person that created it?

What holds the instructions that tell the computer how to begin to load its operating system?

What type of hardware is used to transfer data to a computing system for processing?

Input or Output? Keyboard

What is a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work?

Input or Output? Speakers

What is a named collection of stored data?

What kind of storage is a Hard Drive?

What is the mobile OS developed by Apple?

What piece of hardware keeps your motherboard connected to the computer thru the power cables?

What piece of hardware is used by flash drives?

What does GPU stand for?

What piece of hardware is also known as memory?

What kind of storage is temporary?

What piece of hardware is known as the heart and brains of the computer?

What OS was assembled under the model of free and open source software?

Input or Output? Monitor   

Input or Output? Controller

Input or Output? Scanner

What is any program that is intended to harm or convey info to others without permission?

What type of software helps the computer carry out its basic operating tasks?

What kind of files give instructions that tell a computer how to perform a specific task?

What are the words, numbers, figures, sounds, and graphics that describe things in a computer?

What kind of storage enables permanent storage?

What memory chips contain permanent or semi-permanent data even when it is turned off?

What piece of hardware refers to the system that allows users to use DVDs, CDs and Blu-ray?

What kind of storage has data stored on remote systems & made available over a network?

How many basic interior hardware components does a computer have?

What does CPU stand for?