Transcript Parts of a Computer System

Parts of a Computer
System Vocabulary
(Set #1)
1. Hardware
The
visible, touchable parts of a
computer system
2. Software
The
invisible, electronically
stored instructions that tell a
computer what to do
3. Application Program
Another
word
for software.
4. Hard Drive
A
storage disk made of rigid material
which is usually not removable from the
computer. It is a fixed disk.
5. USB Drive
A
“key chain” drive (aka. USB, jump, or
flash drive) is a plug-and-play portable
storage device that uses flash memory and is
lightweight enough to attach to a key chain.
6. CD-ROM Drive
An
Optical Disk
Storage system
that uses optical
disks that have
already had
information
written on them.
7. DVD-ROM Drive
 The
player that
replaces your
computers CD-ROM.
It plays regular CDROM discs as well as
DVD-ROM discs.
DVD holds 28 times
more information than
a CD-ROM.
8. Compact Disc (CD)
A
small, portable, round medium
used for electronically recording,
storing and playing back audio,
video, text, and other information in
digital form.
9. Disk Drive
This
was the most commonly used
auxiliary storage device which stores
data by magnetically recording it on
the surface of a rotating disk.
10. Floppy Disks/Diskettes
3.5
inch diskette can store up to
1.44 megabytes (MB) of data.
1971
8”
1976
5.25”
1982
3.5”
11. Keyboard
A
device that sends data to the
processor each time a key is
struck.
12. Mouse
An
input device which when rolled
about a surface sends signals to the
computer and moves a cursor or other
object on the screen.
13. Monitor
The
most commonly used video
display with a computer system.
14. Printer
An
output device that produces
output in printed form on paper.
15. Modem
A
device used to
connect a
computer to a
regular telephone
line in order to
have use of the
Internet.
16. Scanner
A
scanner is a
device that
captures images
from photographic
prints, posters,
magazine pages,
and similar
sources for
computer editing
and display.
17. Digital Camera
A
device that records
and stores
photographic images in
digital form that can be
fed to a computer as
the impressions are
recorded or stored in
the device for later
loading into a computer
or printer.
18. Digital Projector (ex. EIKI)
 Also
called a digital
projection display
system, is a
specialized computer
display that projects
an enlarged image
on a movie screen.
Such devices are
commonly used in
presentations.
19. Headphones
A
method by which one student
can hear sounds from the
computer.
20. Speakers
The
method by which a
group/room of people can use to
hear sounds from the computer.
21. Microphone
A
means by which you can put
vocal information into your
computer.
22. Peripheral
Any
computer device that is not part of
the essential computer but is situated
relatively close by. A near synonym is
input/output (I/O) devices.
Types of
23. Computer
 Computer
- An electronic device for storing and
processing data according to instructions given to
it.
24. Power-up
 Power-up
(or the synonym "power-on") is a verb
meaning to apply electrical power to a device - that
is, to "turn it on" as most of us would say about
turning on a light switch when entering a dark
room.
25. Storage Device
 Storage
Device- A
piece of hardware
whose main
function is to store
data/information.
26. Icon
 Icon-pictogram
displayed on a computer screen
and used to navigate a computer system or mobile
device.
27. Input Device
 Input
Device-an input device is any peripheral
(piece of computer hardware equipment) used to
provide data and control signals to an information
processing system such as a computer.
28. Output Device
 Output
Device-Any piece of computer hardware
equipment used to communicate the results of data
processing carried out by a computer.
29. Touch Screen
 Touch
Screen-A touchscreen is an electronic
visual display that can detect the presence and
location of a touch within the display area.
30. Operating System
 Operating
System- The operating system (OS) is
the first thing loaded onto the computer -- without
the operating system, a computer is useless.
 Most desktop or laptop PCs come pre-loaded with
Microsoft Windows. Macintosh computers come
pre-loaded with Mac OS X. Many corporate
servers use the Linux or UNIX operating systems.