7.2 - Hardware

7.2 - Hardware

1. Output - An output device is a piece of hardware that lets the user see the results of a process.

2. Storage - A storage device is a piece of hardware that stores data.

3. Peripherals - A piece of hardware that is not essential to th main computer

4. Embedded - embedded systems are computers that are part of a larger thing.

5. Magnetic - Principally used for backup of important files from the hard disk.

6. Solid state - Solid state devices use non volatile memory to store data indefinetly.

7. Optical - Optical devices use a laser to scan the surface of a spinning disc.

8. CPU - the purpose of the CPU is to process data.

9. Input - An input device is any piece of computer hardware used to provide data to a computer system.

10. Processing - Carrying out a set of instructions.

11. RAM - RAM is a fast temporary memory.

12. Memory - The part of a computer that stores data.

13. Hardware - The physical parts of a computer system.