NAME______PERIOD______
IDT Hardware Vocabulary
Directions: Using the word bank, match the vocabulary to the definitions. Key the correct word
after the definition. Save in your directory, put your name on it and print.
NAME______PERIOD______
Motherboard
Computer Input
Data
Memory
Storage
Integrated Circuit
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
RAM
Bit
Analog Device
Output Device
Digital Device
Video Card
Input Device
Bios
Hard Disk Drive
Supercomputer
Computer
Server
Processing
1. Sometimes described as the computers brain, this is where most processing takes place.
2. Manipulation of data by computers in a variety of ways like calculating, solving, decision making etc.
3. A multipurpose device that accepts input, processes data, stores data, and produces output, all according to a series of stored commands.
4. A computer that “serves” data to computers connected to a network. Can be a specially designed computer or it may look like a regular computer.
5. A super-thin slice of semiconducting material packed with microscopic circuit elements, such as wires, transistors, capacitors, logic gates, and resistors.
6. A category of computer that, at the time of its construction, is one of the fastest computers in the world.
7. Works with continuous data. Example: A dimmer switch connected to a light, it has more than an on or off state.
8. The area where data can be left on a permanent basis when it is not immediately needed for processing.
9. The main circuit board that houses all essential chips and provides connecting circuitry between them.
10. Whatever is typed, submitted, or transmitted to a computer system.
11. Refers to symbols that represent facts, objects, and ideas. It’s what information is called in a computer.
12. Binary digits – a 1 or a 0.
13The computer part is the main storage area for a personal computer.
14. Its name is Random Access Memory, also known as a temporary holding area for data.
15. Holds the instructions on how your computer should start itself. Is powered by a watch battery and is known as the Basic Input Output System.
16. The results produced by the computer can be displayed, transmitted, or printed on one of these.
17. A device that works with distinct and separate data, such as digits 1 and 0. Example: digital devices only have two states, on or off, like a light switch.
18. A device that can input data or help the user interact with the computer.
19. This is the part that sends all the data to the monitor so you can see a picture or colors that are produced by a computer.
20. A temporary holding area for data.