Name 5 Important Pieces Of Hardware

Name ______Date ______

PART I: Label the pictures below with their correct name.

(1) ______system (2) ______(3) ______

(4) ______(5) ______(6) ______

PART II: Answer the following questions.

(7) What makes each of these items pieces shown in PART I pieces of computer hardware? (NOTE: Think of the meaning of the word hardware in regards to computer parts.) ______(8) An acronym is ______. Two examples of acronyms are: ______and ______. (9) Give an example of an application software product? ______. (10) Give an example of an operating system software product? ______.

PART III: Match the following words with their definitions. Write the letter of the matching definition on the line before each question number.

_____ 11. tower / case A. an input device used to enter information into the computer by typing on it _____ 12. application software B. an input device used to tell the computer what you want to do by clicking on the item with a pointer _____ 13. mouse C. allows the user to see what we are doing on a screen _____ 14. floppy disk D. prints out a HARD copy of what the user sees on the monitor’s screen _____ 15. software / program E. stores different parts of computer hardware _____ 16. megabyte (MB) F. this type of storage device can hold at least 650 MB of memory _____ 17. printer G. all the components of a computer a user can physically see or touch _____ 18. CD H. a set of instructions that tells a computer what to do _____ 19. monitor I. this type of storage device can hold about 1.44 MB of memory _____ 20. operating system software J. this type of storage device can hold about 100 MB of memory _____ 21. zip disk K. allows the user to scan documents, pictures, or anything on a piece of paper into the computer _____ 22. hardware L. a unit of measure used to measure memory _____ 23. keyboard M. A group of programs that lays down the rules for how a computer will work with other pieces of hardware. _____ 24. scanner N. Allows people to do various things on the computer.

BONUS: How many different types of computer “mice” are there? ______What are their names? ______