HARDWARE BASIC TERMS.
Built around real course units and objectives!
Central Processing Unit (CPU) - Answer: Brain of the computer that performs instructions
defined by software
Software - Answer: Set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do. It is what guides
the hardware and tells it how to accomplish each task.
Operating System (OS) - Answer: Software used to control the computer and its peripheral
equipment.
Input Device - Answer: device used to insert data into a computer or other device (ex:
keyboard, mouse, microphone, scanner, voice recognition)
Output Device - Answer: device that projects images, gives sound, and basically gives out
the info from the computer so the user can obtain it (ex: monitor, printer, projector,
speakers)
Binary Code - Answer: Groupings of 1's and 0's that makes information that a computer can
understand.
Hardware - Answer: Physical elements of a computing systems (printer, circuit boards,
wires, keyboard, etc)
Machine Language - Answer: Programs written in binary code
Assembly Language - Answer: Problems written using mnemonic code
Systems Programmers - Answer: writes translators for high-level languages
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence. 1
Built around real course units and objectives!
Central Processing Unit (CPU) - Answer: Brain of the computer that performs instructions
defined by software
Software - Answer: Set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do. It is what guides
the hardware and tells it how to accomplish each task.
Operating System (OS) - Answer: Software used to control the computer and its peripheral
equipment.
Input Device - Answer: device used to insert data into a computer or other device (ex:
keyboard, mouse, microphone, scanner, voice recognition)
Output Device - Answer: device that projects images, gives sound, and basically gives out
the info from the computer so the user can obtain it (ex: monitor, printer, projector,
speakers)
Binary Code - Answer: Groupings of 1's and 0's that makes information that a computer can
understand.
Hardware - Answer: Physical elements of a computing systems (printer, circuit boards,
wires, keyboard, etc)
Machine Language - Answer: Programs written in binary code
Assembly Language - Answer: Problems written using mnemonic code
Systems Programmers - Answer: writes translators for high-level languages
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence. 1
