The Computer System
I. List the four parts of a computer system
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II. Matching:
____1. THE MECHANICAL DEVICES THAT MAKE UP A COMPUTER
_____2. A SET OF ELECTRONIC INSTRUCTIONS CONSISTING OF COMPLEX CODES
_____3. THIS SOFTWARE IS THE COMPUTER’S OPERATING SYSTEM
_____4 THIS IS SOFTWARE THAT TELLS THE COMPUTER HOW TO ACCOMPLISH SPECIFIC TASKS.
_____5. THE COMPUTER OPERATORS.
_____6. RAW FACTS, WHICH THE COMPUTER STORES AND READS IN THE FORM OF NUMBERS.
_____7. A FILE THAT A USER CAN OPEN AND USE.
_____8. ACCEPT DATA AND INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE USER OR FROM ANOTHER COMPUTER SYSTEM.
_____9. RETURN PROCESSED DATA BACK TO THE USER OR TO ANOTHER COMPUTER SYSTEM.
_____10. THE MOST COMMON INPUT DEVICE
_____11. THE MOST COMMON OUTPUT DEVICES
_____12. HOLD DATA PERMANENTLY
_____13. THE BRAIN OF THE COMPUTER IN THE WAY THAT IT ORGANIZES AND CARRIES OUT INSTRUCTIONS
FROM EITHER THE USER OR THE SOFTWARE.
_____14. AN ELECTRONIC SCRATCHPAD INSIDE THE COMPUTER
_____15. THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF MEMORY
_____16. THE MOST COMMON MEASUREMENT UNIT FOR DESCRIBING A COMPUTER’S MEMORY
_____17. NEEDS A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF POWER
_____18. APPROXIMATELY 1,000 BYTES (THOUSAND)
_____19. APPROXIMATELY 1,000,000 BYTES (MILLION)
_____20. APPROXIMATELY 1,000,000,000 BYTES (BILLION)
_____21. APPROXIMATELY 1,000,000,000,000 BYTES (TRILLION)
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A. Hardware
B. Software
C. Application Software
D. System Software
E. People
F. Data
G. Document
H. Input Devices
I. Output Devices
J. Storage
K. Processor
L. Memory
M. Random Access
Memory
O. Byte
P. RAM
Q. Kilobyte
R. Megabyte
S. Gigabyte
T. Terabyte
U. Keyboard
V. Monitor & Printer
III. List Four Categories of Hardware:
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