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Page 1: Hardware Peripheral Mouse Display Keyboard CPU Disk Drive Floppy Disk Hard Disk Software Word Processing Information Icon User Friendly Bit Byte Kilobyte
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Hardware

Peripheral

Mouse

Display

Keyboard

CPU

Disk Drive

Floppy Disk

Hard Disk

Software

Word Processing

Information

Icon

User Friendly

Bit

Byte

Kilobyte

Megabyte

Gigabyte

Default

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What is Hardware?This is known as the computer

equipment itself.

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What is a Peripheral?It is the general term for hardware

not necessary to the basic function of the computer,

connected externally.

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What is a Mouse?A mouse is often used to select or

highlight.

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What is a Display?This term may also refer to the

screen or monitor.

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What is a Keyboard?

This is the most frequently-used piece of hardware for inputting

data.

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What is a CPU?

The acronym for Central Processing Unit & this refers to

the brain of the computer.

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What is a Disk Drive?

This refers to the hardware used to read disks.

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What is a Floppy Disk?This is a portable disk in which

1.44 mb of data is stored.

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What is a Hard Disk?This device has the capacity to

hold 1 or more gigabytes of information and is hermetically sealed to keep out of dust, etc.

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What is Software?This refers to the programs or

instructions in a computer system.

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What is Word Processing?

This is known as the electronic manipulation of text.

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What is Information?

This refers to the text, data, graphics, images and voice that

give meaning to the user.

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What is an Icon?It is a graphic representation of a

file, program, etc.

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What is User Friendly?It is something which has easily-

understood instructions.

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What is Default?This refers to the settings that are

automatic and standard.

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What is a Bit?21. This may refer to the

contraction for the words “binary digit” & it is a tiny piece of

information.

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000I2

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What is a Byte?23. It is a quantity equivalent to 8

bits.

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I0002

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What is a Kilobyte?210. A quantity that refers to approximately 1,000 bytes.

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I00000000002

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What is a Megabyte?220. A quantity that refers to

approximately 1,000,000 bytes.

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I000000000000000000002

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What is a Gigabyte?230. A quantity that refers to

approximately 1,000,000,000 bytes.

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I00000000000000000000000000000000000000002