Computer & Internet Basics

What is software?

• any set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do

• the video card on the monitor

• the operating system

• the monitor and computer case

What is hardware?

• all the ports and buttons of a computer

• is any part of your computer that has a physical structure.

• is any part of your desktop

• software

Information put into a computer by a peripheral such as a keyboard, mouse, or microphone, for example. One of the 4 things all computers do.

• Output

• Data

• Input

• Shotput

After input information is processed, the new information that comes out is called ______. It can come in the form of an image on your screen, sound through your speakers, or a printout on a printer, etc. One of the 4 things all computers do.

• Output
• Data
• Input
• Shotput

CPU - the “main brain” of a computer that controls the processes and programs running - stands for

• Computer Process Unit
• Computer Packet Universal
• Central Processing Unit
• Computation Process Unit

The ‘code’ that computers use to process programs written by humans. It's a series of 1 and 0 which can mean, “on” or “off” in a circuit or wire. All kinds of data - sounds, music, pictures, video - can be represented in binary.

• Binary
• Battery
• Bytes
• Bitcoins

This means "on", "yes", "true" in binary

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 16

HTTP stands for

• Happy Technology That Protocols
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• High Tech True Processors
• High Tech TCP Packets

The input and output devices that we attach and connect to a computer - for example, a mouse, keyboard, microphone, speakers, game controller, or printer.

• packets
• controllers
• devices
• peripherals

The system made to move information around the world from computer to computer by cables, wires, and wirelessly (radio signals).

• The Cloud
• The Interweb
• The Internet
• HTTP