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Theory Notes/🖥️ Topic 3: Systems Technologies/10.3.2
10.3.2Grade 10

Basic concepts of hardware

Basic concepts of hardware

Full notes coming soon — here's what the syllabus covers for now:

  • Describe hardware
  • Extend hardware concepts
  • Input devices: purpose and uses (What is it? Where is it used? What is it used for?)
  • Alternative keyboards, pointing devices, touch screens, touch-sensitive pads, pen input, game controllers, digital cameras, video input, scanners, reading devices, data collection devices, biometric input, toy/electronic device interfaces
  • Transfer/synchronise between computer and phone
  • Output devices: purpose and uses (What is it? Where is it used? What is it used for?)
  • Display devices, printers, data projectors, interactive whiteboards, toy/electronic device interfaces
  • Concepts regarding quality of output and speed where applicable
  • Storage devices: purpose and uses (What is it? Where is it used? What is it used for?)
  • Hard drives (fixed and portable), USB flash drives, U3 smart drive, solid state drives, memory cards, optical disks, DVD and Blu-ray drives and media
  • Capacity, portability, use
  • System unit (processing: CPU and RAM)
  • General function of CPU and RAM
  • Communication devices (modem/router)
  • General function
  • Identify ports and connectors and their purpose: USB, Firewire
  • Categorise hardware according to input, output, storage, processing and communication devices
  • Memory vs storage
  • Compare input, processing, output, storage and communication devices of a desktop computer with a smart phone
  • Which are the same? Which are different? Why are they the same/different?