Parts of a Computer
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. KEYBOARD
A. Screen that shows what a computer is doing
2. BACKSPACE
B. Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line
3. SHIFT
C. The part of a computer that does most of the data ___
4. SEARCH
D. A moving design that appears on a computer ___ when there has been no input for a specified
5. LAPTOP
E. Someone who expresses in language (plural)
6. INTERNET
F. Worldwide network connecting computers
7. MONITOR
G. A structure taller than its diameter
8. SPEAKERS
H. A widely used search engine for the web that finds information, news, images, products, finance
9. MODEM
I. A portable computer small enough to use in your lap
10. SCREEN SAVER
J. Computer ___ that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information
11. YAHOO
K. Set of keys you type on or play like a piano
12. ICONS
L. An event in which something is displaced without rotation
13. DISC
M. An electronic ___ device
14. HARD DRIVE
N. The typewriter key used for back spacing
15. MEMORY
O. A graphic symbol that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical (plural)
16. PROCESSOR
P. Small rodent that squeaks, or a computer pointer
17. PRINTER
Q. Machine that puts words on paper
18. TOWER
R. An operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
19. MOUSE
S. A memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is