The first substantial computer.

Used a word of 10 decimal digits instead of binary ones like previous automated calculators/computers.

Father of Computer

Father of Internet

Invented the World Wide Web in 1989.

English mathematician and inventor who is credited with having conceived the first automatic digital computer.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1943. For his contributions to the creation and growth of the Internet.

An electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory.

A computer contains many electric, electronic, and mechanical components known as ___.

Computer

Instructions can be entered into the computer in the form of programs, commands, and user responses.

An input device that contains keys users press to enter data and instructions into a computer.

A touch-sensitive display device.

A pointing device that fits under the palm of your hand comfortably.

Most widely used pointing device on desktop computers. It can be wired or wireless.

Examples of Input Device

Any type of hardware component that conveys information to one or more people.

Example of Output Device

A case that contains electronic components of the computer used to process data.

Common Components inside the System Unit

Sometimes called as ___, is the main circuit board of the system unit. Contains adapter cards, processor chip, and memory module.

Also known as ___, provides the instructions and processing power the computer needs to do its work.

Typically holds data waiting to be processed and instructions waiting to be executed.

Are circuit boards that provide connections and functions not built into the motherboard.

Type of Adapter Cards

Converts electricity from a power cord plugged in a wall outlet into a form that can be used by the computer.

Device outside the system unit often attached to ports on the system unit by a connector on a cable.

Types of Ports

A small ceramic or metal component with fins on its surface that absorbs and disperses heat produce by electrical components such as a processor.

The term usually used to describe the small amount of memory on a computer motherboard that stores the BIOS settings. Some of these BIOS settings include the system time and date as well as hardware settings.

Keeps system unit components cool.

The computer hardware that records and/or retrieves items to and from storage media

Contains one or more inflexible, circular platters that use magnetic particles to store data, instructions, and information.

A removable flash memory device that you insert and remove from a slot in a computer, mobile device, or card reader/writer.

Plug into a USB port on a computer or mobile device.

A type of nonvolatile storage media that stores persistent data on solid-state flash memory.

Consists of a flat, round, portable disc made of metal written and read by a laser.

A magnetically coated ribbon of plastic capable of storing large amounts of data and information.

An Internet service that provides storage to computer users.

Examples of Storage Device