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Information that a user physically enters into a computer by pressing a key on a keyboard, clicking a mouse, tapping a touch screen, pushing a button on a game controller, speaking into a microphone, etc.

• Input

• Processing

• Output

• Storage

The operations performed by a computer to retrieve, transform, or classify information.

• Processing

• Output

• Storage

• Transistor

Information that a computer returns to a user such as images on a screen, sounds from speakers, and printed pages.

• Output

• Storage

• Microchip

• Input

The saving of information on memory chips, discs, or other storage media by a computer for later use.

• Processing

• Storage

• Smartphone

• Supercomputers

Joe’s computer crashed and now he is looking for a replacement. Which of the following criteria is the least important?

• RAM

• money

• color

• usage

Which of the following would hold the most information?

• 500 megabytes

• 5 gigabytes

• 5,000,000 bytes

• 50,000,000 kilobytes

The ______________ was developed in 3000 BC, and was basically beads on rods to count and was used to calculate, has upper and lower deck.

• UNIVAC
• Abacus
• Vacuum Tubes
• Slide Rule

One of the earliest calculating devices was invented in 1642 and could only perform addition

• Stepped Reckoner
• Pascaline
• Difference Engine
• Analytical Engine

Which type of computer is designed for one person to use at a time?

• personal computer
• server

What are the 4 stages of computing in order?

• input, output, storage, processing
• input, processing, output, storage
• output, input, storage, processing
• output, storage, input, storage