Computer Basics Review

• Input
• Output

• Input
• Output

I handle the graphics that are displayed on the monitor

• USB Port
• Video Card
• CD Rom
• Motherboard

I hold all of the other circuit boards. 

• USB Port
• CD Rom
• Video Card
• Mother Board

I am the brain of the computer

• BIOS
• CPU
• Network Card
• Hard Drive

The large program that controls how the CPU communicates with other hardware components is the ______.

• Windows
• Operating System
• Graphics
• User Friendly

Computer programs or instructions that “tell” the computer how to work

• input
• software
• desktop
• menu

The physical parts of the computer

• output

• hardware

• analog

• ROM

The CPU is called the Central Processing Unit and is the brains of the computer.

• True
• False

Computer programs that help you perform a specific task, such as word processing.

• Application software
• Communications Device
• System software
• Network