Vocabulary Terms- 1

What is a Computer?

• tool you use to access the Internet.

• any hardware device that sends data to a computer, allowing you to interact with and control it

• electronic device that manipulates information, or data

• the settings or the way a computer or device looks before the user makes any changes

What is Hardware?

• where your software, documents, and other files are stored

• global network connecting millions of computers around the world allowing for electronic communication

• any device used to send data from a computer to another device or user. Most computer data output that is meant for humans is in the form of audio or video.

• any part of your computer that has a physical structure

What is Software?

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

• It is sometimes called the brain of the computer, and its job is to carry out commands also called a processor, is located inside the computer case on the motherboard.

• manages the computer's memory and processes, as well as all of its software and hardware. It also allows you to communicate with the computer without knowing how to speak the computer's language. Without an operating system, a computer is useless.

• computer's main circuit board

What is a Web Browser?

• the settings or the way a computer or device looks before the user makes any changes

• is the tool you use to access the Internet.

• a system of two or more connected electronic devices for the purpose of sharing data

• where your software, documents, and other files are stored

What is a Server?

• computer that serves up information to other computers on a network

• system of two or more connected electronic devices for the purpose of sharing data

• where your software, documents, and other files are stored

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

What is Network?

• a global network connecting millions of computers around the world allowing for electronic communication

• any hardware device that sends data to a computer, allowing you to interact with and control it

• type of software that allows you to perform specific tasks.

• a system of two or more connected electronic devices for the purpose of sharing data

What are Peripherals?

• any hardware device that sends data to a computer, allowing you to interact with and control it

• is your system's short-term memory. Whenever your computer performs calculations, it temporarily stores the data in the RAM until it is needed. The more ram you have the more things your computer can do at one time.

• devices you can plug into the ports in your computer, such as a keyboard or printer, that is not part of the essential computer (i.e., the memory and microprocessor). These devices are intended to be connected to the computer and used.

• a small restricted private computer network, belonging to an organization, usually a corporation, accessible only by the organization's members, employees, or others with authorization.

What is the Motherboard?

• tool you use to access the Internet.

• the computer's main circuit board

• sometimes called the brain of the computer, and its job is to carry out commands also called a processor, is located inside the computer case on the motherboard.

• your system's short-term memory. Whenever your computer performs calculations, it temporarily stores the data in the RAM until it is needed. The more ram you have the more things your computer can do at one time.

What is CPU?

• sometimes called the brain of the computer, and its job is to carry out commands also called a processor, is located inside the computer case on the motherboard.

• computer that serves up information to other computers on a network

• the settings or the way a computer or device looks before the user makes any changes

• system's short-term memory. Whenever your computer performs calculations, it temporarily stores the data in the RAM until it is needed. The more ram you have the more things your computer can do at one time.

What is RAM?

• a system of two or more connected electronic devices for the purpose of sharing data

• To transfer a file from another computer or network to your own computer or device or network

• your system's short-term memory. Whenever your computer performs calculations, it temporarily stores the data in the RAM until it is needed. The more ram you have the more things your computer can do at one time.

• to take a file from your computer an send it to another computer, device or network