Understanding the parts of your computer

Open a new document in Word, complete the header and answer these questions:

1) Indicate whether each of the following devices is an input or output device.

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 2) ROM and RAM are two different types of memory found in computers.

• What do the letters ROM stand for?
• What do the letters RAM stand for?
• What is the main difference between RAM and ROM?
• Which of the following statements best describes RAM; which best describes ROM?

1. This stores a copy of your work when the computer is switched off .
2.  This stores application programs and data while the computer is running.
3.  This stores programs that must be available as soon as the computer is

switched on.

3) Indicate which of the following statements are TRUE or FALSE:


i ROM stands for Read Only Memory.

ii Data can be saved in ROM.

iii The main memory of a computer can store software and data.

iv Data that changes is normally held in ROM.