Fundamentals of computer

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. microchips: RAM, ROM) 

• temporary 
• important
• internal 
• external

All computers do processing by following a series of instructions in a software program.  The computer chip that receives and carries out these instructions is called: the ____________. 

• harddrive
• monitor
• processor 
• motherboard

BIOS stands for what?

• Bring in Output Status
• Basic input  outside system
• Basic input output system

Which major hardware component of a computer system is the device shown below?

• input

• central processing unit

• primary memory

• output

Which major hardware component of a computer system is the device shown below?

• input

• central processing unit

• primary memory

• secondary storage