Computing Systems

Computer Scientists use computers' abilities to help them develop new technologies that make our lives easier. (a)  

• True
• False

A __________ is a device that stores and processes (changes, moves, or rewrites) information.

• Computing System

• Computer

• Programs

• Algorithim

All the basic hardware (the parts you can see and touch) and software (the programs) work together to make a computer run.

• Computer

• Computing System

• Program

• Algorithm

A set of instructions that has been translated into commands a computer can understand

• Algorithm

• Program

• Data

• Analysis

A list of steps or instructions written in human language that tells a person how to complete a task

• Algorithm

• Data

• Program

• Analysis

Computers are powerful, but they really aren't that smart. They can only do what they're told. Programs give computers the instructions they need to work.

• True

• False