Types of computers and components vocabulary match

Match the following

• fetches coded instructions, decodes, run

• firmware

• holds data; all arithmetic operations

• booting

• software to manage devices; CPU

• operating system

• program to start computer

• Central Processing Unit (CPU)

• circuitry and software

• arithmetic/logic unit (ALU)

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Match the following

• large printed circuit board

• motherboard

• speed rating of a CPU

• output

• data provided to the user

• clock speed

• communication between devices/computer

• control unit

• fetches instructions from the list.

• Universal serial bus (USB)

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Match the following

• numbers containing decimal fractions

• mainframe computers

• centralized storage, process of data

• port

• fastest computer/handles complex jobs

• millions of instructions per second (MIPS)

• connects motherboard to external device

• Supercomputer

• speed of mainframes

• floating point operations per second (FLOPS)

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9-12.1.2

Match the following

• computer with attached devices

• computer system

• computer part that stores info

• peripheral devices

• data is kept by computer

• storage

• memory that can be changed

• random-access memory (RAM)

• attached devices-not critical to operate

• memory

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Match the following

• translates data from human to computer

• input

• processing device for needs of person

• Server

• physical components of computer

• personal computer

• basis of interaction with a computer

• hardware

• stores data and responds when requested

• input device

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Match the following

• type of personal computer

• processing

• memory that cannot be changed

• read-only memory

• transformation between input and output

• Tobii

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