PIT Hardware and Software Vocabulary

An electronic device with a screen used for display is called a ____.

What is a keyboard?

What is a PC?

• A computer designed for general use by a single user.

• Programs that operate your computer to perform a function.

• A high-capacity, self-contained storage device containing a read-write mechanism plus one or more hard disks, inside a sealed unit.

• The actions that a computer takes to execute commands a user makes.

What is Software?

• A printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device.

• Provides an internet connection, and connects devices to a local network.

• An integrated circuit that generates the video signal sent to a computer display.

• The programs and other operating information used by a computer.

What is a CPU

• To provide an internet connection, and connect devices to a local network.

  
  

• The primary component of a computer that acts as its “control center.”

  
  

• An electrical device that offers electric power to an electrical load.

  
  

• The programs and other operating information used by a computer.

  
  

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What is a mouse

• A small handheld device that is dragged across a flat surface to move the cursor on a computer screen, typically having buttons that are pressed to control functions.

  
  

• an electrical cable that temporarily connects an appliance to the mains electricity supply via a wall socket or extension cord.

  
  

• A printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted.

  
  

• An input device that allows a person to enter letters, numbers, and other symbols (together, these are called characters) into a computer.

  
  

What is Random Access Memory (RAM)

• Integrated circuit that generates the video signal sent to a computer display.

  
  

• The programs and other operating information used by a computer.

  
  

• A computer's short-term memory, where the data that the processor is currently using is stored.

  
  

• An electrical device that offers electric power to an electrical load.

  
  

What is a Power Supply

• an electrical cable that temporarily connects an appliance to the mains electricity supply via a wall socket or extension cord.

  
  

• Tools, machinery, and other durable equipment.

  
  

• The programs and other operating information used by a computer.

  
  

• An electrical device that offers electric power to an electrical load.

  
  

What is a Motherboard

• A high-capacity, self-contained storage device containing a read-write mechanism plus one or more hard disks, inside a sealed unit. Also called hard disk drive.

  
  

• A printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted.

  
  

• The primary component of a computer that acts as its “control center.”

  
  

• A place in a computer where an expansion card can be inserted.