Year 8
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will investigate how all computing systems make use of the same components: a processor, memory, storage, input and output devices, and communication components.
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3 Questions
Q1.
The word software simply means
Computer
Hardware
Q2.
Which of the following is an example of a program to write documents?
Browser
Others
Video Editor
Q3.
What is the purpose of a general-purpose computer?
To execute a single program
5 Questions
Use the following words to fill in the blanks, Data, Instructions, Input, Output, Processor and Memory.
Q2.
A digital computer contains a BLANK and BLANK. (Select two)
Data
Input
Instructions
Output
Q3.
The BLANK executes simple instructions very quickly.
Data
Input
Instructions
Memory
Output
Q4.
A computer is a general-purpose machine. It stores its BLANK in BLANK (Select two)
Data
Input
Output
Processor
Q5.
Everything is ultimately reduced to bits (binary digits), which individually or in groups represent information, whether BLANK or BLANK, as binary numbers. (Select two)
Input
Memory
Output
Processor