TestOut Ch 2.2/2.3 Vocabulary

________________________ is information that a user physically enters into a computer by pressing a key on a keyboard, clicking a mouse, tapping a touch screen, pushing a button on a game controller, speaking into a microphone, etc.

• Processing

• Storage

• Input

• Output

__________________ is the operations performed by a computer to retrieve, transform, or classify information.

• Storage

• Processing

• Supercomputers

• Input

__________________ is information that a computer returns to a user such as images on a screen, sounds from speakers, and printed pages.

• Output

• Input

• Processing

• Storage

___________________ is the saving of information on memory chips, discs, or other storage media by a computer for later use.

• Microchip

• Transistor

• Storage

• Output

___________________ is an early computing machine that used punched cards and metal pins. It was used to compile the 1890 US census.

• Supercomputer

• Transistor

• Hollerith's Tabulating Machine

• Human-computer interaction

_____________________ is a smaller, faster, cheaper, and more durable electronic device that replaced mechanical relays, which were slow and tended to wear down over time.

• Microchip

• Transistor

• Smartphone

• Supercomputer

____________________ is an electronic device that allowed entire computers to be built into a single board, replacing modules for each part of the computer. Microchips paved the way for personal computer ownership.

• Transistor

• Microchip

• Smartphone

• Supercomputer

_____________________ is a system for making digital resources publicly available over the internet using a web browser that paved the way for email, chatrooms, and social media sites.

• World Wide Web

• Supercomputers

• Human-computer interaction

• Storage

____________________ is a mobile phone that functions as a computer and allows users to access the internet.

• Supercomputer

• Human-computer interaction

• Smartphone

• Tablet

______________________ is the fastest, most powerful computers that exist at a given time. These computers have processing capabilities designed to solve problems that are too complex for regular computers. They play vital roles in the advancement of national defense, science, and social change.

• Supercomputers

• Smartphones

• Tabulating machines

• World Wide Web