Hardware Vocabulary Quiz
Hardware Vocabulary Quiz
Directions: Using the word bank, match the vocabulary to the definitions.
Word bank: Motherboard, Computer Input, Data, Memory, Storage, Integrated Circuit, Central Processing Unit (CPU), RAM, Bit, Analog Device, Output Device, Digital Device, Video Card, Input Device, Bios, Hard Disk Drive, Supercomputer, Computer, Server, Processing
1. Sometimes described as the computers brain, this is where most processing takes place.
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
2. Manipulation of data by computers in a variety of ways like calculating, solving, decision making etc. - Processing
3. A multipurpose device that accepts input, processes data, stores data, and produces output, all according to a series of stored commands. - computer
4. A computer that “serves” data to computers connected to a network. Can be a specially designed computer or it may look like a regular computer. - server
5. A super-thin slice of semiconducting material packed with microscopic circuit elements, such as wires, transistors, capacitors, logic gates, and resistors. -integrated circuit
6. A category of computer that, at the time of its construction, is one of the fastest computers in the world. - Supercomputer
7. Works with continuous data. Example: A dimmer switch connected to a light, it has more than an on or off state. - Analog Device
8. The area where data can be left on a permanent basis when it is not immediately needed for processing. - Storage
9. The main circuit board that houses all essential chips and provides connecting circuitry between them. - Motherboard
10. Whatever is typed, submitted, or transmitted to a computer system. - Computer Input
11. Refers to symbols that represent facts, objects, and ideas. It’s what information is called in a computer. - Data
12. Binary digits – a 1 or a 0 - bit
13. A temporary holding area for data. - Memory
14. Its name is Random Access Memory, also known as a temporary holding area for data. - RAM
Directions: Using the word bank, match the vocabulary to the definitions.
Word bank: Motherboard, Computer Input, Data, Memory, Storage, Integrated Circuit, Central Processing Unit (CPU), RAM, Bit, Analog Device, Output Device, Digital Device, Video Card, Input Device, Bios, Hard Disk Drive, Supercomputer, Computer, Server, Processing
1. Sometimes described as the computers brain, this is where most processing takes place.
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
2. Manipulation of data by computers in a variety of ways like calculating, solving, decision making etc. - Processing
3. A multipurpose device that accepts input, processes data, stores data, and produces output, all according to a series of stored commands. - computer
4. A computer that “serves” data to computers connected to a network. Can be a specially designed computer or it may look like a regular computer. - server
5. A super-thin slice of semiconducting material packed with microscopic circuit elements, such as wires, transistors, capacitors, logic gates, and resistors. -integrated circuit
6. A category of computer that, at the time of its construction, is one of the fastest computers in the world. - Supercomputer
7. Works with continuous data. Example: A dimmer switch connected to a light, it has more than an on or off state. - Analog Device
8. The area where data can be left on a permanent basis when it is not immediately needed for processing. - Storage
9. The main circuit board that houses all essential chips and provides connecting circuitry between them. - Motherboard
10. Whatever is typed, submitted, or transmitted to a computer system. - Computer Input
11. Refers to symbols that represent facts, objects, and ideas. It’s what information is called in a computer. - Data
12. Binary digits – a 1 or a 0 - bit
13. A temporary holding area for data. - Memory
14. Its name is Random Access Memory, also known as a temporary holding area for data. - RAM