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DETAILS OF INPUT AND OUTPUT UNIT

TYPES OF INPUT UNIT Keyboard Mouse Scanner

Keyboard

The keyboard is very much like a standard typewriter keyboard with few additional keys. When any keys pressed it sends electronic signal with unique identification to the computer operating system detects these identification with the help of map. Other than regular keys there are functions keys, Ctrl key, Alt key, etc. The additional keys are included to perform certain special functions such as loading a program or editing a text. There are 101 keys in standard keyboard but now a days keyboard with more than 101 keys are also available Mouse It is an input device & is used to position the pointer on the screen. It is a small palm size box. Its movement on a flat surface moves pointer in the same direction as the movement of the mouse. The box contains a ball underneath, which senses the movement & transmits it to the computer. Computer process the input & places the mouse pointer accordingly. There are two buttons(left button & right button) in standard mouse, used to give commands. Now a days it is more advance than keyboard.In other words we can say mouse is working just like a keyboard.

Scanner It is one of the device, mostly used in designing etc, provides input to computer. Further, these inputs are used for processing & manipulation. There are some specific scanners built for special purpose like OCR, MICR or BCR.

TYPES OF OUT PUT UNIT


Monitor

Printer
Projector Speaker

MONITER .Also called a video display terminal

(VDT) and video display unit (VDU), monitor is a video display screen and the hard shell that holds it. In its most common usage, monitor refers only to devices that contain no electronic equipment other than what is essentially needed to display and adjust the characteristics of an image. Like most TVs, the computer monitor has a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) that is found inside the computer monitor as illustrated in the picture to the right. The CRT is the main component and most expensive part within your computer monitor. PRINTER An external hardware device responsible for taking computer data and generating a hard copy of that data. Printers are one of the most used peripherals on computers and are commonly used to print text, images, or photos. In the picture to the right, is a visual example of the LexmarkZ605 Inkjet printer and is an example of what a printer may look like.

PROJECTOR An output device that can take the

display of a computer screen and project a large version of it onto a flat surface. Projectors are often used in meetings and presentations so that everyone in the room can view the presentation. In the picture to the right, is aViewSonic projector and an example of what a projector may look like. Projectors used with computers are small devices that are rarely much larger than a toaster and typically weigh a few pounds SPEAKER 1. A term used to describe the user who is giving vocal commands to a softwareprogram. When computers were originally released they had onboard speakers that generated a series of different tones and beeps. As multimedia and games became popular, higher quality computers speakers began to be released for higher quality sound effects and music.

Cont.
Computer sound cards today are not powerful enough

to power a nice set of speakers. Today, good quality speakers are self-powered, relatively small in size to fit on desks or on the side of monitors and contain magnetic shielding. Speakers are generally rated in Frequency response, Total Harmonic Distortion and Watts. The Frequency response is the rate of measurement of the highs and lows of the sounds the speaker and produce. The THD, or Total Harmonic Distortion, is the amour of distortion created by amplifying the signal. The Watts is the amount of amplification available for the speakers.

CPU .CPU is one of the most important elements

of the computer as each and everything needs to be carried out through it. All the information is to be stored in the CPU and at time the information can be easily accessed but at time it becomes quite hard for the person to get to the exactly saved information. Apart from this CPU is also responsible for performing some other functions which are concerned with the mathematical and operational ability of the computer. In Other word CPU is the brain of computer

MEMORY Memory refers to the processes that

are used to acquire, store, retain and later retrieve information. There are three major processes involved in memory: encoding, storage and

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