Activity 1

Computing System Characteristics

Different computing systems have different configurations. Click the table cells to add or remove a tick (✓) whenever a characteristic is present in a specific system.

Characteristic Desktop Laptop Mobile Raspberry Pi 4 micro:bit Rover
Processor
Memory
Storage
Communication
Graphics processor
Input and output
Connections
Weight
Note: the specifications themselves are not important here — we only care whether each characteristic is present.

1. What are the components that are present in every one of these computing systems?

2. Why don’t all of the specifications list input and output devices?

3. Why is weight missing from some of the devices?