6th ICT Week 4 Terms Quiz

The software that controls the entire computer is called....

• The monitor

• Operating System

• Motherboard

• The mouse

The programs or applications that run the hardware. They have to be downloaded.

• Hardware

• Programs

• Software

• Systems Analysist

The physical pieces of the computer that you can touch. Needs software to run.

• Hardware

• Input

• Output

• Mouse

The brains of the computer, or Central Processing Unit.

• CPU

• motherboard

• processing software

• Operating System

The brains of the CPU.

• Processor

• Mouse

• Keyboard

• Storage

The hardware parts of the computer that are putting information into the computer before it is processed.

• Introduction

• Output

• Storage

• Input

The hardware parts of the computer that get results out after the computer has processed it.

• Output

• Memory

• RAM

• Input

Permanent memory storage that never deletes. Tells the computer what to do every time it’s turned on. Read Only Memory.

• ROTS

• RAM

• ROM

• COMS

Temporary memory that is accessed when software is being used. Will be deleted when computer is turned off. Can slow down your computer when you run too many applications at once. Random Access Memory.

• RATS

• RAM

• ROM

• TOM