Chapter 5/6: Discovering Computers 2005

Input/Output Devices

Keyboard - QWERTY

Ø Mouse

Ø Joystick

Ø Trackball

Ø Mouse Pen

Ø Digitizer Tablet & Pen

Ø Trackpoint

Ø Trackpad

Scanners

Ø OCR & Bar Codes

Ø Hand-Held Label Scanners (Wand Scanners)

Ø Turnaround Documents

Other Input Devices

Ø Magnetic Stripes & Smart Cards

Ø Badge Readers

Ø Speech Processing

Ø Vision-Input Processing

Ø Digital Cameras

Output Devices

Ø Monitors

Ø Graphics Adapters

Ø Video RAM (VRAM)

Monitors

Ø Size

Ø Resolution

Ø Pixels

Ø Dot Pitch

Printers

Ø Ink Jet Printers

Ø Color Printers

Ø Multifunction Peripherals

Ø Mainframe-Based Page Printers

Plotters

Ø Drum

Ø Flatbed

Output Devices

Ø Screen Image Projector

Ø Voice Response Systems

Ø Speech Synthesis

Terminals

Ø VDT

Ø CRT

Ø Dumb Terminals

Ø X Terminals

Ø Telephony

Special Terminals

Ø ATM Terminal

Ø POS Terminal