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