Year 8 How Computers Work L1 retrieval

Anything that you can see or touch

• software
• hardware

Which of these would be considered an input device?

• microphone
• printer
• speaker
• ram

Which of these would be considered an output device?

• speaker
• CPU
• monitor
• power supply fan

What are the four tasks(classifications)  that make up a computer?

• input, color, pixels, and application
• input, output, process, store
• printers, output, monitors, microphones
• keyboards, mouse, joysticks, and memory card

What hardware device is the thing that processes the information on the computer?  It is known as the brains of the computer.

• motherboard
• keyboard
• cpu
• ram

What device below would be used for storage-- long term?

• monitor
• printer
• hard drive
• mouse

What is considered a peripheral device

• printer
• tower
• cpu
• motherboard

What is the device in the computer that holds all of the small electronic components?

• Big Board
• tower
• motherboard
• harddrive

Is a smart phone considered a computer?

• true
• false

What is the purpose of the CPU?

• To provide power to the computer

• To process all of the data and instructions

• To turn the computer on

• To store all of the files