English Language (1) for

Computer Students
ENG 126
BY : Dr. Yosry Azzam

Unit 4:
Peripherals
1- Starter
1. Input Devices:
Barcode reader
Numeric Keypad
Swipe card reader
Electronic scales
2. Output Devices
Liquid Crystal Display

2- Starter
Output Peripheral Input
Digital camera Flower Image
Scanner Text
Barcode reader Barcode
Microphone Voice
Swipe card reader Swipe card
Sound Loud speaker
Text Printer
Screen display Monitor
3- Listening
1. How do digital cameras differ from conventional
cameras?
DC store images on memory cards, CC store
pictures on a film. In DC you can play back and
Edit the images.
2. How do they work?
IN DC, images are captured by a CCD.
3. What are their advantages and disadvantages
compared to conventional cameras?
Adv.: No processing, instant viewing of pictures.

Language work: Comparison and Contrast
Comparing features which are similar:
1. Both cameras have lenses.
2. Like the conventional camera, the digital
camera has a viewfinder.
Contrasting features which are different:
3. The conventional camera requires
chemical processing whereas the digital
camera does not.
Language work: Comparison and Contrast
Contrasting features which are different:
4. The conventional camera uses film unlike the
digital camera.
5.With a digital camera you can transfer images
directly to a PC but with a conventional
camera you need to use a scanner.
6. With digital cameras you can delete
unsatisfactory images; however with
conventional cameras you cannot.
7- Language work (Storage Devices)
Complete the blanks comparing &
contrasting the different types:
1. You can write to hard disks faster than
optical disks.
2. DVD-ROMs have a higher capacity than
CR-ROMs.
3. CD-ROM and CD-RW disks are both low
priced.
4. Removable drives and flash drives cost
higher than other storage media.
7- Language work (Storage Devices)
5. CD-ROMs cannot be re-recorded but some
optical disks can.
6. Like hard disks, you can read from and write to
flash drives.
7. Unlike fixed hard disks, DVD-ROMs are
removable.
8. The cost of a fixed hard disk is lower than a
removable one.
9. Both magnetic tapes and fixed hard disks can
have very high capacities.
10. DVD-RW disks are cheap whereas removable
hard disks are more expensive.
8- Language work (Printer Types)
Write Your own comparison of printer types.
1. Like ink-jet printers, the speed of both
thermal transfer and solid ink printers is
medium to fast.
2. Like laser printers, the text quality of both
solid ink and thermal transfer printers is
excellent.
3. Ink-Jet printers are less expensive than other
printers.
4. Thermal transfer printers have more graphics
capabilities than electrostatic printers.
9 Problem Solving
Which type of peripheral would you advise each case.
1. Inputting printed graphics
Scanner
2. Building cars
Robot
3. Controlling the screen cursor in a fast action
game
Joystic
4. Making choices on a screen in a public
information terminal
touchscreen

9 Problem Solving
5. Recording moving images
Digital Video Camera
6. Recording a book loan in a library
Barcode reader
7. Printing very high quality text and graphics
Laser printer
8. Creating drawings
Digitiser
9. Printing building plan drawings
Plotter
10 & 11 Writing (Homework)
10. Describe the EPOS till shown in Fig
1. Explain the function of each
peripheral using the structure studied
in Unit 2.

11. Check these websites for the latest
digital cameras. Compare the newest
cameras with the one described in Fig
3. You will find its specifications on
www. canon. com.
Bit and Byte
Bit (short for binary digit)
Smallest element of data
Either zero or one
Byte
Group of eight bits which operate as a single
unit
Represents one character or number
Measuring storage capacities
Kilobyte (KB): one thousand bytes=1024 bytes
Megabyte (MB): one million bytes= 1024 KB
Gigabyte (GB): one billion bytes= 1024 MB
Terabyte (TB): one trillion bytes = 1024 GB
Petabyte (PB): one quadrillion bytes= 1024 TB
Exabyte (EB) : one quintillion bytes= 1024 PB

Specialist Reading (Ready for Bazillion
Byte drive)
A. Find the answers of the questions in the text:
1. What is Currie Munce's main aim?
To build bigger storage.
2. How quickly did the possible areal density of
hard disks increase in the 1990s?
It doubled every 18 months.
3. How long does Munce think magnetic
recording technology will continue to make
rapid advances in capacity?
About 5 to 10 years.
Specialist Reading (Contd.)
4. What problem does he predict for
magnetic storage?
superparamagnetism threatens to make
densely packed bits unstable.
5. What is the predicted limit for discrete bit
magnetic storage capacity?
10 terabits per square inch.
6. What storage technologies might replace
current magnetic systems?
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and
holographic storage.
Specialist Reading (Contd.)
7. What is the advantage of holographic
storage being three-dimensional?
'pages' of data can be superimposed on a
single volume
8. What improvements are predicted due
to the fast access rates and transfer
times of holographic storage?
improved network searches, video on
demand, high-end servers, enterprise
computing, and supercomputing.
Specialist Reading (Contd.)
9. What is predicted to be the most
important high capacity removable
storage media in the next 10 years?
recordable CD-ROMs and DVDs.
10. What method of software
distribution is likely to replace
optical disks?
online delivery.
Specialist Reading (Cont.)
1-Matching:
a iiii
b iv
c v
d vi
e- vii
f- i
g- ii

2-True or False:
a. False
b. True
c. True
d. True
e. False