chapter 1

Front

Identify the hardware from the descriptions given. A volatile internal memory that stores the current instruction.

Back

A volatile internal memory that stores the current instruction is: Random Access Memory OR RAM

Front

A printed circuit board containing the CPU and other components of a computer

Back

Motherboard

Front

A printed circuit board that controls the output to a monitor.

Back

Graphics card OR GPU OR Graphics Processing Unit

Front

State two items which are internal hardware components.

Back

Processor and Sound card

Front

The physical components of a computer are called …

Back

hardware

Front

Programs and data are examples of …

Back

software

Front

A small application performing one or two simple functions is called …

Back

an applet

Front

A computer consists of both hardware and software. Define the term hardware.

Back

The physical components of the computer

Front

Give two examples of internal hardware devices.

Back

Any two of the following:

Processor,

Motherboard,

Video/graphic card

Sound card

Front

Define the term software.

Back

The term software is defined as:

Any one of the following:

Programs for controlling the operation of a computer ,

Programs for processing of electronic data ,Program/data/applications