A Wide Assortment of Input keyboard What types of input devices can be used Devices mouse with a computer? infrared technology When was the introduced? touchpad What technologies can be found in the scanner various types of mice? webcam How does a touchpad work? gaming device How do scanners work? wired data gloves What types of scanners are mentioned in electronic pen Chapter 3? stylus What other types of input devices are bar code reader discussed in Chapter 3, and how are RFID reader they used? microphone Getting Things Out of Your keystroke logging What are the basic ways content can be Computer with Output software output from a computer? Devices monitor What types of computing devices send Monitors and Speakers speaker output to a monitor? Bluetooth headset What are the different technologies used TFT active matrix liquid in today's monitors? crystal display (LCD) plasma display surface-conduction electron-emitter (SED) organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) printer When were laser printers introduced? Printers and Faxes photo printer What types of specialized printers are thermal printer discussed in Chapter 3, and how do plotter they work? fax machine Why is a fax machine considered a computer output device? LCD projector What technologies are used to project Devices That Project Computer document camera computer output? Content virtual reality system How do virtual reality systems work? Virtual Reality Displays How do touchscreens in computers and Take the Next Step: Activity cell phones work? 3.3.1 3.4 Purchasing a Computer Why do people sometimes feel overwhelmed when deciding which computer to purchase? What Are Your Computing What factors go into determining Needs? your computing needs? What Processor Speed Do You processor speed What impact does processor speed have? Need? gigahertz (GHz) What is Moore's Law and how does it Law relate to processing speed? How Much Memory and memory capacity What are the different of RAM? Storage Is Enough? access speed How does RAM's access speed affect megahertz (MHz) computer operations? gigabytes (GB) How is a computer's hard drive capacity measured?
A Wide Assortment of Input Devices keyboard mouse infrared technology touchpad scanner webcam gaming device wired data gloves electronic pen stylus bar code reader RFID reader microphone What types of input devices can be used with a computer? When was the introduced? What technologies can be found in the various types of mice? How does a touchpad work? How do scanners work? What types of scanners are mentioned in Chapter 3? What other types of input devices are discussed in Chapter 3, and how are they used? Getting Things Out of Your Computer with Output Devices keystroke logging software What are the basic ways content can be output from a computer? Monitors and Speakers monitor speaker Bluetooth headset TFT active matrix liquid crystal display (LCD) plasma display surface-conduction electron-emitter (SED) organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) What types of computing devices send output to a monitor? What are the different technologies used in today's monitors? Printers and Faxes printer photo printer thermal printer plotter fax machine When were laser printers introduced? What types of specialized printers are discussed in Chapter 3, and how do they work? Why is a fax machine considered a computer output device? Devices That Project Computer Content LCD projector document camera What technologies are used to project computer output? Virtual Reality Displays virtual reality system How do virtual reality systems work? Take the Next Step: Activity 3.3.1 How do touchscreens in computers and cell phones work? 3.4 Purchasing a Computer Why do people sometimes feel overwhelmed when deciding which computer to purchase? What Are Your Computing Needs? What factors go into determining your computing needs? What Processor Speed Do You Need? processor speed gigahertz (GHz) Law What impact does processor speed have? What is Moore's Law and how does it relate to processing speed? How Much Memory and Storage Is Enough? memory capacity access speed megahertz (MHz) gigabytes (GB) What are the different of RAM? How does RAM's access speed affect computer operations? How is a computer's hard drive capacity measured?
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