Reed!(: November 9th
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- Hardware
- physical parts of the computer
- Software
- instructions on a disc that make the computer work (tells the computer what to do)
- Computer
- machine that performs four functions; input, processing, storage, and output
- Input
- data entered intoa computer
- Output
- data processed by the computer
- Monitor
- the TV like screen- an output device
- CPU
- the main componet that performs all of the processing- also known as microprocesser
- Microprocesser
- a chip that tells your computer to do these four functions; input, processing, storage, output
- Keyboard
- an input device wiht keys- used to enter data
- Mouse
- an hand held input device
- Printer
- an output device used to print on paper
- Speaker
- output device that produces sound
- Disk Drive
- a device that reads data off a disk and/or writes data to a disk (hard or floppy)
- Port
- the place on a computer where cable can be attached
- Five parts of keyboard
- numeric keypad, alpha pad, arrow keys, function keys,control keys
- Softcopy
- output from a computer that can be touched
- Printout
- output from a computer