Vocab 2

Front

User-entered data via keyboard, mouse, touch screen, etc.

Back

Input

Front

Operations by a computer to retrieve, transform, or classify information.

Back

Processing

Front

Info returned by a computer: images, sounds, printed pages.

Back

Output

Front

Saving info on memory chips or storage media for later use.

Back

Storage

Front

Early computing machine using punched cards for the 1890 US census.

Back

Hollerith’s Tabulating Machine

Front

A smaller, faster, cheaper, and more durable electronic device that replaced mechanical relays.

Back

Transistor

Front

An electronic device that enabled entire computers to be built on a single board, replacing individual modules. Microchips facilitated personal computer ownership.

Back

Microchip

Front

System for making digital resources publicly available via a web browser, enabling email, chatrooms, and social media.

Back

World Wide Web

Front

A mobile phone that functions as a computer and allows internet access.

Back

Smartphone

Front

Fastest, most powerful computers solving complex problems, vital for defense, science, and social change.

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Supercomputers