5.02 vocabularly

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

A particular computer will have a particular type of processor.

Embedded system

A computer system that is part of a larger machine and which controls how that machine operates.

Motherboard

Components are connected to the main circuit board of the computer.

Computer system

Consists of hardware (physical parts of the computer) and software (programs and data used with the physical computer).

Network

Consists of two or more computers connected so that they can exchange data and programs.

Processor

Contains billions of transistors; responsible for the fundamental computing within the system, and directly or indirectly controls all the other components.

Input devices

Keyboards, mouse, scanners, cameras, joysticks, and microphones; a piece of equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system.

Output device

Monitor, printer, speakers; any piece of computer hardware equipment which converts information into human-readable form.

Application programs

Programs that people use to get their work done (i.e., MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Canva, Adobe Photoshop, etc.).

Operating system

Responsible for starting up application programs, running them, and managing the resources that they need.

Hard drive

internal data storage in a computer; stores the operating system, applications, computer program files and data.