Technology Vocabulary

a tool used to move the cursor and pointer around the screen and communicate between the user and the processor

• monitor

• mouse

• printer

small speakers that go over your ears and are attached by a strap or band

• headphones

• mouse

• keyboard

a portable computer that has an attached keyboard and monitor

• printer

• projector

• laptop

A device that shows words and pictures created on a computer

• keyboard

• monitor

• mouse

A board made of keys which, along with a mouse, serves as a primary input device for a computer

• speakers

• keyboard

• headphones

A device that records images in the forms of photographs

• printer

• laptop

• camera

The brains of the computer where most calculations take place.

• CPU (Central Processing Unit)

• monitor

• printer

Is a printer an input or output device?

• input

• output

Is a monitor an input or output device?

• output

• input

Is a keyboard an input or output device?

• Input

• output