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The following presentation is a reviewover important computer terms.
They are important for you to recognizeand understand in order to
prepare you for the technology test at the end of the 8th grade year
and for classroom understanding.
You will also be tested over this information later THIS WEEK!
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What is a collection of information
organized in such a waythat a computer program can
quicklyselect desired pieces of data?
When you thinkDATABASE think what?
What kind of program is Access?
Databasesare organized by what.
There are 27 fields in the above example.
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What are the smallest units of information in a database
called?
What are the largest units of information called?
What are the physical parts,of a computer, which you can
see and touch, called?
There isn’t any single part called the “computer”. A computer is really a system of many parts working
together.
What is the rectangular box,the main part of a
computer system, called?
Many electronic components that process informationare housed within a rectangular box for a desktop
computer.
What is the brainsof the computer? The most important component inside the
system unit.
What does CPU stand for?
The CPU can also bereferred to as what?
Instructions or programsthat tell the hardware
whatto do are called what?
Which software controls all
the software on a computer?
Name two examplesof an operating
system?
What is the permanent storage
component within the system unit?
Massive amounts of information is permanently stored on a rigid platter or stack of platters that are located in your system unit. This component usually
holds almost all of your programs and files.
Information is temporarily stored on a chiplocated in your system unit. This component holds files
and programs temporarily while you use them.
What is the temporary storagecomponent within the system
unit?
