Desktop, Laptop, Keyboad, Mouse, and Storage Devices

Desktop, Laptop, Keyboad, Mouse, and Storage Devices

by Ms Mary Grace

Revising Week 1 Topic;

- Know the difference between a laptop and a desktop computer

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-Reinforce the use of 2-input devices, particularly the mouse and keyboard.

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Introduce the 5 commonly-used Storage devices and its functions

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Learn at least the 2-3 shortcut key commands.​

( WALT) What Are we Learning Today​?

​Difference between a wired mouse and a wireless mouse

​The 4 Basic Parts of a desktop computer

monitor -  it is an output device that displays information.

QWERTY Keyboard – it is an input typewriter-style device which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as a mechanical levers or electronic switches.

mouse – it is a handheld pointing input device that controls a cursor in a graphical user interface, and can move/select texts, images, icons, files, and folders.

System Unit (CPU) - Central Processing Unit is the electronic circuitry in a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical control and input/output operations specified by any instructions.

​EXPANSION OF ICT ACRONYMS

​UPS- uninterrupted power supply

​USB- Universal Serial Bus

​CPU- Central Processing Unit.

​ CPU is considered as the brain of the computer.

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Multiple Choice

It is input, typewriter-style device, which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as a mechanical levers or electronic switches.

• CPU

• monitor

• keyboard

• mouse

Fill in the Blanks

CPU is considered as the

of the computer.

Multiple Choice

A keyboard is considered an __________ device

• output

• input

Multiple Choice

UPS expansion name is________________________.

• Uninterrupted Power Supply

• Universal Power Supply

• Universal Serial Supply

• Unicode Power Series

Multiple Choice

it is an output device that displays information. It looks like a television.

• keyboard

• monitor

• CPU

• DVD

Fill in the Blanks

What does CPU stand for?

Multiple Choice

What is another name of a pen drive?

• Memory Card

• flash drive

• USB Card

Fill in the Blanks

– What is a handheld pointing input device that controls a cursor in a graphical user interface, and can move/select texts, images, icons, files, and folders?