computer+definitions+FM

Note from Mrs. Carrier: This is not complete.

CPU (Central Processing Unit)central processing unit: the key component of a computer system, which contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions. > The machines, wiring, and other physical components of a computer or other electronic system. > the like.a data input device for computers; arrangement of keys is modelled after the typewriter keyboard. > executable software that runs on a computer. > Click to show
 * 1) Input -to enter (data) into a computer for processing.
 * 2) **Output**
 * 3) hardware
 * 1) monitor
 * 2) keyboard
 * 1) printer (output device)
 * 2) scanner (input device) an input device that scans documents such as photographs and pages of text.
 * 3) mouse (input device)
 * 4) speakers output devices for sound
 * 5) camera (input device)
 * 6) Software consists of lines of code written by computer programmers
 * 7) script
 * 8) program
 * 1) operating system software (Apple mac OS, Windows)
 * 2) applications
 * 3) boot
 * 4) Storage Devicea device used to store (keep or hold) digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
 * 1) hard drive
 * 2) RAM (Random Access Memory)
 * 3) ROM (Read Only Memory)