Year 8: Under the Hood

How did Alan Turing describe a computer?

• Computers will take over the world

• A computer's purpose is to execute programs that operate on data.

• A computer's purpose is to make life easier

• Computers will let us communicate with people from around the world

Software can be known as

• Programs

• The hard drive

• The monitor

• Volatile

Sound, video and documents are programs

• True

• False

The operating system is

• Software

• Hardware

What is the main task of a general purpose computing system?

• The main task is to execute programs

• There is no main task. It can perform any

  task prescribed by a program

• The main task depends on the system.

  Different systems may perform a

  different main task

• The main task depends on the user.

  Different users may need the system to

  perform a different main task

What are the physical components of a computer called?

• Hardware

• Software

Desktop, Laptop, Phone, Raspberry Pi 4, micro:bit and the Rover all contain

• A Processor

• Memory

• Storage

• Communication

• All of these

What is the stucture of a computer system also known as

• Architecture

• Hardware

• Network

• Programs

Memory that is lost when the power is turned off is

• Volatile

• Non-Volatile

HDD, SSD, Flosh drive and Floppy disk are all forms of what

• Storage Devices

• Software Solutions

• Cloud Services

• Drivers