Questions about computers?

Question

can anyone tell me the following definitions:

input devices
output devices
memory/storage
the processor

(I would use google or soemthing like that but they don't give the right answers!)

Answer 1

Input devices are devices that input information (keyboard, mouse, etc)
Output devices are devices that output information (monitor, printer, etc)
Memory could mean 2 things, either the physical RAM or the storage space on the hard drive.
Processor (or CPU) is the brain of the computer, everything must pass through it and get processed.

Answer 2

Just hardware?

Input devices: keyboard, mouse, joystick, anything that a human touches that can send some sort of signal INTO a computer fits this category.

Output devices: monitor, printer, serial debugging consoles, even arrays of LED lights, anything that a computer can use to send OUT a signal for user to read fits this category.

Memory/storage: primary/secondary types, they are placeholders that a computer need to stow away instructions and data, either temporary as computers are working actively with them (usually primary/memory) or permanently storage (secondary) for instructions and data in a future use.

The processor: Are you talking about THE processor (CPU) or what are processors in hardware? Basically every die inside computer chassis is some type of processor, the CPU happens to be the one that is generic in its possible use; others are filtered to process only certain set of instructions.

Answer 3

examples.

input
keyboard
mouse

output
printer
monitor

memory
Random Access Memory or RAM

storage
hard drive
floppy drive
cd
dvd

processor

Amd
intel