Monday, 7 January 2013

Chapter 3 Theory

       Input and Output Devices

  1. Keyboard: this has keys that allow a user to enter data into a computer. It's application is Word Processing.
  2. Mouse: to move, it uses devices that emit and sense light to detect the movement. It's application is Menu Selection.
  3. MICR: it stands for magnetic ink character recognition. This can read texts printed with magnetized ink. It's application is Bank.
  4. OMR: Optical Mark Recognition can sense hand-drawn marks such as small shapes. It's application is correction of multiple-choice questions.
  5. Impact Printers: these are printers that make noise. Example  dot-matrix printer.
  6. Non-Impact Printers: these are printers that don't make a lot of noise. Example Ink-jet Printer.
  7. Dot-Matrix Printer: this is a printer that produces images with a print head striking mechanism.
  8. Ink-Jet Printer: this forms letters by spraying tiny drops of liquid inkon a piece of paper.
  9. Vector: it is when the image is made up of lines.
  10. Raster: it is when the image is made up of dots.


 dot-matrix printer



                                                          keyboard



mouse


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