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IT: Peripherals

Subject : it-skills
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1. Small - magnetically sensitive - flexible plastic wafers housed in a plastic case - used as a storage device.






2. An impact printer used by mainframes to produce massive printouts. They print characters only - not graphics.






3. A pressure-sensitive touch tablet used as a pointing device. The user presses on the tablet with a stylus.






4. An all-in-one output device that usually combines a scanner - a laser or inkjet printer - and a fax modem.






5. Software that translates the user's handwritten forms into ASCII characters.






6. An optical disk drive that can read high-capacity DVD disks.






7. A device that reads numbers printed with magnetic ink on checks.






8. A data path standard that theoretically allows up to 126 devices - such as keyboards - digital cameras - and scanners - to be chained together from a single port - allowing for data transmission that is much faster and more flexible than through trad






9. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars.






10. Storage medium with random-access capability - accessed by the computer's disk drive.






11. Printer that forms images by physically striking paper - ribbon - and print hammer together.






12. Storage method that requires the user to retrieve information by zipping through it in the order in which it was recorded.






13. A printer that produces characters without physically striking the page.






14. A rigid - magnetically sensitive disk that spins rapidly and continuously inside the computer chassis or in a separate box attached to the computer housing. Used as a storage device.






15. A disk drive that can read and write on rewritable optical disks.






16. A storage medium used with a tape drive to store large amounts of information in a small space at relatively low cost.






17. Compact disc-read-only memory - a type of optical disk that contains data that cannot be changed; CD-ROMs are commonly used to distribute commercial software programs.






18. Conditions that result from repeating the same movements over long periods - such as keyboarding-induced carpal tunnel syndrome - a painful affliction of the wrist and hand.






19. A small flat-panel pointing device that is sensitive to light pressure. The user moves the pointer by dragging a finger across the pad.






20. Compact disk-recordable - an optical disk you can write information on - but you cannot remove the information.






21. See removable media.






22. An output device capable of sending - in effect - a photocopy through a telephone line - allowing for fast and convenient transmission of information stored on paper.






23. An input device that makes a digital representation of any printed image. See flatbed scanners - slide scanners - drum scanners - and sheetfed scanners.






24. Long-term repository for data. Disks and tape drives are examples.






25. An automated drawing tool that produces finely scaled drawings by moving pen and/or paper in response to computer commands.






26. Density of pixels - measured by the number of dots per inch.






27. A device that enables digital machines to monitor a physical quantity of the analog world - such as temperature - humidity - or pressure - to provide data used in robotics - environmental climate control - and other applications.






28. A type of erasable memory chip used in cell phones - pagers - portable computers - and handheld computers - among other things.






29. A common optical drive in computers that can read data from CD-ROM disks.






30. Output device that produces a paper copy of any information that can be displayed on the screen.






31. A nonimpact printer that uses a laser beam to create patterns of electrical charges on a rotating drum. The charged patterns attract black toner and transfer it to paper as the drum rotates.






32. Compact disk-rewritable - an optical disk that allows writing - erasing - and rewriting.






33. A keyboardless machine that accepts input from a stylus applied directly to a flat-panel screen.






34. Pointing device that remains stationary while the user moves a protruding ball to control the pointer on the screen.






35. A tiny joystick-like device embedded in the keyboard of a laptop computer.






36. A reading device that uses reflected light to determine the location of pencil marks on standardized test answer sheets and similar forms.






37. Pointing device that responds when the user points to or touches different screen regions.






38. Storage - such as flash memory - with no moving parts. Solid-state storage is likely to replace disk storage in the future.






39. A circuit board that allows the PC to accept microphone input - play music and other sound through speakers or headphones - and process sound in a variety of ways.






40. A camera that captures images and stores them as bit patterns on disks or other digital storage media instead of using film.






41. See IEEE 1394.






42. Hardware peripheral that enables a computer to send onscreen documents to a receiving fax machine by translating the document into signals that can be sent over phone wires and decoded by the receiving fax machine.






43. Television-style monitors used as the output device for many desktop computers.






44. A handheld input device that - when moved around on a desktop or table - moves a pointer around the computer screen.






45. Storage method that allows information retrieval without regard to the order in which it was recorded.






46. A type of newer inkjet printer specially optimized to print high-quality photos captured with digital cameras and scanners.






47. A type of impact printer - which forms images by physically striking paper - ribbon - and print hammer together - the way a typewriter does.






48. Converting information into a digital form that can be stored in the computer's memory.






49. Input device - similar to a typewriter keyboard - for entering data and commands into the computer.






50. A terminal with a wand reader - barcode scanner - or other device that captures information at the check-out counter of a store.