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History of Computers Vocab

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an official count or survey of a population

a)

census

b)

poll

c)

buzzfeed

2.

attempt to find something

a)

sought

b)

census

c)

gallop

3.

form a plan or idea in your mind

a)

map

b)

conceive

c)

census

4.

the use or operation of computers

a)

census

b)

concept

c)

computing

5.

an abstract idea; plan or indention

a)

concept

b)

computing

c)

integrator

6.

at the same time

a)

computing

b)

simultaneously

c)

application

7.

a computer chip or circuit which performs mathematical processes

a)

integrator

b)

cpu

c)

monitor

8.

program ran on a computer such as email, web browser

a)

application

b)

concept

c)

cpu

9.

a first design from which other models are made

a)

draft

b)

prototype

c)

concept

10.

shared space between two or more components

a)

application

b)

cpu

c)

interface

11.

person place or thing where information(data) can be stored

a)

entities

b)

interface

c)

program

12.

a person or things competing for the same object or in the same field

a)

circuit

b)

interface

c)

rival

13.

trying to do or achieve something

a)

Monitor

b)

endeavor

c)

application

14.

closed path that allows electricity and information travel

a)

circuit

b)

cpu

c)

concept

15.

a group of computers that can be accessed and maintained within a common set of rules

a)

circuit

b)

application

c)

domain

16.

a integrated circuit that contains all the functions of a central processing unit of a computer

a)

microprocessor

b)

domain

c)

circuit

17.

carefully designed structure of something

a)

architecture

b)

application

c)

domain

18.

the action or process of interacting with others to exchange information and develop professional or social contacts

a)

dms

b)

networking

c)

social media

19.

something that takes in information and outputs something

a)

computer

b)

algorithm

c)

domain

20.

why was the first electrical computer invented?

a)

email

b)

census

c)

shopping

21.

computer language of 1s and 0s

a)

java

b)

binary

c)

text language

22.

step-by step directions that run a computer operation

a)

algorithm

b)

Circuit

c)

Design

23.

hardware or software component that stores data

a)

circuit

b)

cache

c)

central processing unit

24.

physical parts of the computer

a)

application

b)

software

c)

hardware

25.

collection of instructions and data that tells the computer what to do

a)

software

b)

hardware

c)

output

26.

input

a)

keyboard

b)

printer

c)

typing in the search bar

27.

output

a)

mouse

b)

monitor

c)

page printed

28.

group of binary digits

a)

analog

b)

byte or bit

c)

cpu

29.

Which flavor of ice cream?

a)

chocolate

b)

vanilla

c)

strawberry

d)

butter pecan

e)

lemon

30.

backbone that ties the computer together

a)

motherboard

b)

cpu

c)

module

31.

uses laser light or electromagnetic waves

a)

circuit

b)

visual arts

c)

optical disc drive

32.

computer memory

a)

ram

b)

cpu

c)

disk