What is a Computer

What do you know about computers? Write down three (3) things.

Computers all look the same.

• True

• False

Computers were invented to:

• Help people with their homework

• Help people with their thinking work

• Help people with their exercise

• Help animals with their hunting

Over time, computers have gotten __________ (smaller/larger).

Any physical device in the machine is called ____________.

The code installed onto your computer's hard drive is called ____________.

All computers do these four functions.

• True

• False

Which of the following are examples of input?

• Typing on a keyboard

• Clicking a mouse

• Looking at the monitor

• Swiping a touchscreen

Every operation you do on a computer is processed in the Central Processing Unit (CPU).

• True

• False

When the processed information is ready to be output, it is retrieved from __________ (input/storage/process).