Web Tech - Computer Basics

Who is considered to be the "Father of the Computer?"

• Bill Gates

• Charles Babbage

• Steve Jobs

• Tim Berners-Lee

A printer would be an example of what?

• An input device

• Software

• Hardware

• Operating System

All information received by input devices is sent to the ___ for processing

• CPU

• hard drive

• monitor

• operating system

The primary purpose of system software, or an operating system, is to

• tell the computer how to boot up

• manages the computer's hardware

• produce word processing documents

• play videos

Which of the following is an example of application software?

• Windows

• Mac OS

• Linux

• Notepad ++

What tells the computer how to boot up and load the operating system?

• secondary memory

• hard drive

• RAM

• ROM

An operating system is also known as

• system software

• application software

• BIOS

• APS

What is the purpose of RAM in the computer?

• To store the instructions on how the computer should boot up

• To store temporary data used by the operating system and application software

• To store permanent information, such as file created by application software.

What are some ways we can input data into a computer?

• Mouse

• Keyboard

• Microphone

• All of the answers

The brain of the computer is called the

• RAM

• CPU

• ROM

• BIOS