Unit 1 Vocabulary

What is the physical parts of a computer called?

• Hardware

• Software

• Memory

• Algorithm

What is a programmable device that stores, retrieves, and processes data; an electronic machine or device that performs processes, calculations, and operations based on instructions provided by a software program

• Computer

• Random Access Memory

• Storage

• Input

What is the term for any part of a computer that can take information from the outside world and input it into the computer?

• Input

• Output

• Event

• Variable

What is the long-term memory that computers use to store data files or other more permanent pieces of information that a user would expect to be able to access consistently called?

• Storage

• Memory

• Random Access Memory

• Output

What is the term for a set of instructions or commands that tell the computer what to do?

• Software

• Pattern Recognition

• Decomposition

• Event Handler

What is the part of the computer that processes data and allows the computer to 'think' called?

• Central Processing Unit

• System Software

• Sprite

• Application Software

What is the higher-level software usually specialized to do a particular task (e.g. Minecraft, Word, banking website) called?

• Application Software

• System Software

• Algorithmic Thinking

• Abstraction

What is the term for the ability to break a larger problem down into smaller parts?

• Decomposition

• Pattern Recognition

• Algorithm

• Event

What is the short-term memory that computers use to cache temporary data called?

• Random Access Memory

• Storage

• Memory

• Output

What is an abstraction inside a program that can hold a value called? It has associated data storage that represents one value at a time, but it can be a list or other collection that in turn contains multiple values.

• Variable

• Event Handler

• Algorithm

• Pattern Recognition