Related Essays

  • Hardware And Software Components Analysis

    Introduction: The complete computer is made up of CPU (Central Processing Unit), Memory and Related Electronics, All the peripheral devices connected to it...

  • The Importance Of Computers In Our Life

    Computers were once thought of as a passing fad or a niche hobby, but today computers play a very integral part in our lives. By definition a computer is an ...

  • Importance Of Computer Mouse

    1.0 Introduction A computer is an electronic device that manipulates information, or data. It was originally given to humans who performed numerical calcula...

  • Computer Technology: Why Should We Use A Computer?

    A computer is an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program. We...

  • The Role Of Computers In Education

    From taking up entire buildings to now being able to sit on a desk, the computer has no doubt changed the face of our planet. How is this all possible, well ...

  • Informatics: A Brief History Of Nursing Informatics

    A computer is defined as any programmable electronic device that can store, retrieve, and process data. The fundamental idea of computing developed back in t...

  • My Professor's Definition Of A Computer

    1. My Professor’s definition of a computer is an electronic and or phonetic technological device repository of data and information with adaptive archival a...

  • The Importance Of A Computer

    What’s the device that almost everyone uses and it makes life easier for people every day? One that helps us perform tasks quicker and allows us to communic...

  • Computer History Essay

    Prior to the 1930’s the word computer would have been defined as: a person who makes calculations, especially with a calculating machine. Today, computers ar...

  • Nt1310 Unit 3 Cpus

    CPU A CPU (which is also known as a central processing Unit) is basically the part of the computer of where most of the processing of calculations takes pla...

  • Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/9

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

9 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
Hardware
Hardware is the physical components that make up a computer system.
Software
Software is instructions that tell the computer hardware what to do.
GUI
GUI (Graphical user interface)-gui’s allow the user to interact with a computer
Wimp
Every GUI is a wimp (windows, icons, menus, pointer)
Input devices
Mouse and keyboard
Output devices
Moniter and printer
Computer system
INPUT -> PROCESS -> OUTPUT
ROM
‘read only memory’. It is a computer memory on which data has been pre-recorded.
Motherboard
The motherboard is a printed circuit that is the foundation of a computer and allows the CPU, RAM, and all other computer hardware components to function with each other.