CSC 101 Introduction to Computers

Fall 2004

Lecture Week Ten

Input and Output Devices

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Syllabus

Assignments - Tuesday Class

Assignments - Mon-Wed Class

  • Optical Disks
    • CD
    •  DVD
  •  Solid State Storage Devices


  • Input Devices
    • Keyboard
      •  Traditional "QWERTY"
      •  Specialty Keyboards
    • Pointing Devices
      •  Mouse
      •  Trackball
      •  Touchpad
      •  Trackpoint
      •  Joystick
      •  Graphics Tablet
      •  Touch Screen
    • Reading Tools
      • Optical Mark Reader
      • Magnetic Ink Character Reader
      • Bar Code Reader
      •  Pen Scanners
    • Digitizing Tools
      • Image Scanner
        • Page Scanner
        • Handheld Scanner
    • Smart Cards
    • Speech Recognition
      • Speaker-Dependent
      • Speaker-Independent
    • Digital Camera
    • Video Digitizer
    •  Wearable
    •  Pen-based Computers


  • Output Devices
    • Monitor - Video Display Terminals
      •  CRT
      • LCD
      • LCD Projectors
      • Monitor Size
      • Monitor Resolution
        • Total number of pixels
        • Color Depth
        • Dot Pitch
    • Printers
      • Impact
      •  Nonimpact


  • I/O Devices
    • Fax Machine
    • Sound System

Computers; Information Technology in Perspective - Chapter 5, Sections 2-4 pgs.


A Few More Devices - Very Rare


Links for Further Study

PC911 - http://www.pcnineoneone.com/

PC 911 How-tos - http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto.html

Computer Basics - http://www.itlearningmaterials.com/computerbasics.htm

Computer Hardware Basics - http://www.infosyssec.net/infosyssec/comphard.htm

Ergonomic Keyboards - http://www.datahand.com/

Last Updated: 11/10/04