Lab Questions

1.
Input
Device

Output
Devices

Keyboard
Monitor
To
To
ente
displ
r
ay
char
infor
acter
mati
s
on.

To
and
displ
funct
ay
ions
video
of a
and
com
grap
puter
hical
.
Cont
infor
rols
mati
mov
on
eme
gene
nt of
rated
curs
by
or.
the
comp
uters
grap
hics
adap
ter,
allow
ing
the
user
to
inter
act
with
the
comp
uter.

System
Unit

Memory

Storage
devices

Central
Processing
Unit
Carri
es
out
the
infor
mati
on of
a
comp
uter
progr
am.
Contr
ols
all
infor
mati
on.

RAM

External
hard
drives
Ver
y
goo
d
opti
on
for
loca
l
bac
kup
s of
larg
e
am
oun
ts
of
dat
a.

Provid
e
tempo
rary
applic
ation
data
storag
e.
Used
by the
centra
l
proces
sing
unit
(CPU)
when
a
compu
ter is
runnin
g to
store
inform
ation.

Communic
ation
devices
Servers
Func
tion
as a
clien
t
with
requ
ests
for
servi
ces
from
othe
r
prog
rams
.
The
com
pute
r
prog
ram
(hou
sed
in a
com
pute
r)
that
serv
es
requ
este
d
HTM
L
page
s or
files.

Mouse
Cont
rols
the
mov
eme
nt of
curs
or or
point
er on
a
displ
ay
scre
en.
To
point
and
selec
t
item
s on
the
scre
en.

Speaker
To
hear
soun
ds.
For
enter
tain
ment
.

Trackball
To
ente
r
moti
on
data
into
com
pute
rs.
Takin
g
contr
ol of
the
pan
and
tilt of

Printer
To
get
comp
uter
outp
ut on
pape
rs.
To
turn
digit
al
data
into
print
ed
medi
a.

Motherboar
d
The
main
circui
t
boar
d of
a
comp
uter.

Hard drive
Provid
e
memo
ry
space
for
syste
m and
user
files.
Core
of
compu
ter
data
storag
e.

Flash
memory
to
store
some
vital
syste
m
inform
ation.

Blu-ray
stor
e
larg
e
am
oun
ts
of
info
rma
tion
.
pro
duc
es
ver
y
hig
h
qua
lity
pict
ure
s
and
sou
nds.
Boot disk
a
disk
that
con
tain
sa
pro
gra
m
for
star
ting
a
com
put
er.
a
disk

Switch
To
send
data.

any
movi
ng
light
s
you
migh
t
have
in
your
rig.
Touchpad
To
point
on a
com
pute
r
displ
ay
scre
ens.
Used
as a
subs
titut
e for
a
mou
se
wher
e
desk
spac
e is
scarc
e.

that
con
tain
s
ope
rati
ng
syst
em
soft
war
e.
Projector
Take
imag
es
gene
rated
by a
comp
uter
and
repro
duce
them
on a
large
, flat
(usu
ally
lightl
y
color
ed)
surfa
ce.
Used
in
meet
ings
to
help
ensu
re
that
all
parti

ROM
used
to
store
data
that
contro
ls the
most
basic
compu
ter
functi
onality
.

Scanner
Devi
ces
that
can
read
text
or
illust
ratio
ns
print
ed
on
pape
r and
trans
late
the
infor
mati
on
into
a
form
the
com
pute
r can
use.
A
type
of
optic
al

cipan
ts
can
view
the
infor
mati
on
bein
g
prese
nted.
Headphone
s
hard
ware
devic
e
that
eithe
r
plugs
into
your
comp
uter
(line
out)
or
your
spea
kers
to
priva
tely
listen
to
audio
witho
ut
distu
rbing
anyo
ne
else.
To
com

scan
ner
that
consi
sts
of a
flat
surfa
ce
on
whic
h
you
lay
docu
ment
s to
be
scan
ned.

muni
cate
easily
.

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