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Tech Terms

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

TECH TERMS

BY: SAMANTHA SOUKE

HARDWARE

REFERS TO THE PHYSICAL COMPONENTS THAT MAKE UP A COMPUTER SYSTEM.

SOFTWARE

PROGRAMS USED TO OPERATE COMPUTERS AND RELATED DEVICES.

CPU

'CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT' CONTAINS CIRCUITRY TO INTERPRET PROGRAMS

INPUT DEVICES

INSERTS DATA INTO A COMPUTER OR OTHER DEVICE.

OUTPUT DEVICE

EQUIPMENT CONNECTED TO A COMPUTER USED TO TRANSFER DATA OUT.

PERMANENT STORAGE DEVICES

THE COMPUTERS HARDDRIVE

SECONDARY STORAGE DEVICES

HOLDS INFORMATION UNTIL DELETED OR OVERWRITTEN.

SERVER

DEDICATED COMPUTER SET FOR ONE OR MORE PURPOSES.

RAM

'RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY' STORE INFORMATION TO BE STORED OR ACCESSED

ROM

'READ ONLY MEMORY' BUILT IN MEMORY THAT CAN HOLD AND READ DATA.