Key Vocab

Key Vocab

1. Hardware - the machines, wiring, and other physical components of a computer or other electronic system.Compare with software.

2. Software - the programs and other operating information used by a computer.Compare with hardware.

3. Output - (of a computer or other device) produce, deliver, or supply (data).

4. Peripheral - (of a device) able to be attached to and used with a computer, though not an integral part of it.

5. Input - put (data) into a computer.

6. Storage Device - a piece of computer equipment on which information can be stored.

7. Computer - an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.