Post on 12-Jan-2016
Hardware
Peripheral
Mouse
Display
Keyboard
CPU
Disk Drive
Floppy Disk
Hard Disk
Software
Word Processing
Information
Icon
User Friendly
Bit
Byte
Kilobyte
Megabyte
Gigabyte
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What is Hardware?This is known as the computer
equipment itself.
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What is a Peripheral?It is the general term for hardware
not necessary to the basic function of the computer,
connected externally.
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What is a Mouse?A mouse is often used to select or
highlight.
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What is a Display?This term may also refer to the
screen or monitor.
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What is a Keyboard?
This is the most frequently-used piece of hardware for inputting
data.
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What is a CPU?
The acronym for Central Processing Unit & this refers to
the brain of the computer.
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What is a Disk Drive?
This refers to the hardware used to read disks.
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What is a Floppy Disk?This is a portable disk in which
1.44 mb of data is stored.
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What is a Hard Disk?This device has the capacity to
hold 1 or more gigabytes of information and is hermetically sealed to keep out of dust, etc.
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What is Software?This refers to the programs or
instructions in a computer system.
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What is Word Processing?
This is known as the electronic manipulation of text.
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What is Information?
This refers to the text, data, graphics, images and voice that
give meaning to the user.
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What is an Icon?It is a graphic representation of a
file, program, etc.
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What is User Friendly?It is something which has easily-
understood instructions.
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What is Default?This refers to the settings that are
automatic and standard.
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What is a Bit?21. This may refer to the
contraction for the words “binary digit” & it is a tiny piece of
information.
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What is a Byte?23. It is a quantity equivalent to 8
bits.
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I0002
What is a Kilobyte?210. A quantity that refers to approximately 1,000 bytes.
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I00000000002
What is a Megabyte?220. A quantity that refers to
approximately 1,000,000 bytes.
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I000000000000000000002
What is a Gigabyte?230. A quantity that refers to
approximately 1,000,000,000 bytes.
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