TTS2233 Chapter 1

What are the five main components of a computer system?

• CPU, CD-ROM, mouse, keyboard, sound card

• Memory, Video Card, Monitor, Software, Hardware

• Modem, Keyboard, Word Processor, Printer, Screen

• Storage device, communication device, system unit, input device, output device

Most histories of the modern computer begin with:

• Atanasoff Berry Computer (ABC)

• Electrical Numerical Integrator and Computer

• Analytical Engine envisioned by Charles Babbage

• Tabulating Machine invented by Herman Hollerith

_______ is component that holds data, instructions, and information for future use.

• System unit

• Input device

• Output device

• Storage device

Hardware component that convey information to one or more people is called:

• System unit

• Input device

• Output device

• Storage device

Below are the categories of computer except:

• Smart phone

• Game consoles

• Personal computers

• Embedded computers

A personal computer cannot perform all of its input, processing, output, and storage activities by itself.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A server is a large, expensive, powerful computer that can handle hundreds or thousands of connected users simultaneously.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A supercomputer is the fastest, most powerful computer that capable of processing more than one quadrillion instruction in a single second.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Systems software is a programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer and its devices.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Hardware is a programs designed to make users more productive.

• TRUE

• FALSE