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Introducing Computers and Terminology
Worksheet
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Answer the following questions while reviewing the PowerPoint. The “Introducing
Computers and Terminology” PowerPoint can be found on our class website.
1. What is the processing cycle of the computer?
2. What are five reasons why computers are so popular?
3. Name two ways that you personally use computers?
4. What is another name for a desktop computer?
5. What type of computer is the largest and fastest computer?
6. What type of computer can support thousands of users?
7. What is a microprocessor?
8. Explain what computer hardware means?
9. List three items which are computer hardware?
10. Go to slide 12 regarding computer systems. Click on the Operating Systems
link. Read the article and write a short summary on what you learned about
Operating Systems.
11. What are the most common two types of operating systems?
12. What is Data Communications?
13. What are the four components of Data Communications?
14. Define LAN.
15. Explain or give an example of how a LAN works.
16. What does CPU stand for?
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17. Explain what a CPU does.
18. Explain what Binary means.
19. Go to slide 22. Click on the link for more info on Binary. Read the basic
information and explain one thing that you learned from this article.
20. Go to slide 23 describing computer memory. Click on the “storage capacity
units of measure” link. Explain the following terms:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Bit
Byte
Megabyte
Gigabytes
Terabyte
Hertz
21. How many bytes are in a megabyte?
22. What does RAM stand for?
23. Explain what RAM is or how it works?
24. What does ROM stand for?
25. Explain what ROM is or how it works?
26. What are input devices?
27. List two input devices.
28. What are output devices?
29. List two output devices.
30. Why would you need to have a storage device to use with your computer?
31. List two types of storage devices.
32. What is a hard disk drive?
33. Explain what “multitasking” means.
Introducing Computers & Terminology Worksheet for use with the PowerPoint (revised 11/09)
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