Computer Hardware

Data consists of

• Raw facts and figures

• Information

• Charts and graphs

• Stored lists of numbers

Data can only consist of letters, it cannot contain numbers

• True

• False

Data can consist of images or sound

• True

• False

66,84,391,25,19. This is an example of data

• True

• False

The girls’ names include Emily, Sarah and Linda. This is an example of data

• True

• False

In order for data to be turned into information it needs to be ______

• Saved

• Coded

• Processed

• Output

Information is data which has been given_______________

• Value

• Rule

• Knowledge

• Meaning

Information is

• Data + organised + Context + Meaning

• Data +unorganized + context + figures

• Data + raw facts + context+ meaning

The instructions that tell the computer what to do and how to do it:

• Hardware

• Monitor

• Software

• Printer

I am the physical parts of the computer you can see and touch

• Input

• Output

• Hardware

• Software