Computer Fundamentals

Computers are made up of ________ and ________?

• Hardware and Software
• Bits and Pieces
• Inputs and Outputs
• Plastic and Metal 

________ is a package of instructions that tell the computer what to do also known as an application or short for app.  

• Hardware
• Software
• Apps
• Input

People who write software (instructions that tell the computer what to do) are called ______________.

• Computer Technitions
• Programmers
• Hackers
• Computer Scientist 

Hardware is the tangible, physical equipment that _______________.  

• Used and applied
• Heard and seen
• Can be seen and touched.
• Imputted and outputted 

A program can be defined as a series of detailed step-by-step ___________ that tell the computer precisely what actions to perform. 

• Software
• Inputs
• Applications
• Instructions

The computer's _________ memory (ex. thumb drives, hard drives, cloud storage: ie. Dropbox)

• temporary 
• internal
• external 
• important 

The computer's _________ memory (ex. microchips: RAM, ROM) 

• temporary 
• important
• internal 
• external

ROM is _____ and RAM is __________?

• temporary; permanent
• larger; smaller
• smaller; larger 
• permanent; temporary 

A hardware device which enables the computer to accept data is called an ______ device.  

• RAM
• input
• ROM
• output

A hardware device which reports computer information in a form we can understand is called an _________ device.  

• output
• RAM
• input
• ROM