Computer Peripherals

Major Peripherals

Keyboard Mouse Hard Disk Floppy Disk CD ROM Printer Scanner Joystick
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Keyboard

Keypad contains:
Alphabets Numbers Special Symbols Function Keys

qwerty Keyboard (Typewriter Keyboard). On key press it sends a code (ASCII Code) to the CPU. Plug N Play device.
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Mouse Pointing & Click Device. Two / Three Buttons Wheel / Optical Mouse Normally Left Click Select/ Run Right Click Popup Menu

Hard Disk or Secondary Storage Media

Magnetic Memory Device. Non-removable storage device. Several Circular Magnetic Disks are housed in a single case. Data is stored as 1s & 0s. Typical Capacity is 20 GB -80 GB Cost/Bit is Low.
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Secondary Storage Media

Provides permanent storage for information Retains information even when power is off Examples of secondary storage:

Hard Disks (sequential access) Floppy Disks (sequential access) Tapes (sequential access) CD-ROMs (random access) DVDs (random access)

Secondary storage media store files that contain computer programs data other types of information This type of storage is called persistent (permanent) storage because it is non-volatile.

Secondary Storage

Floppy Disk

Magnetic Memory Device. Removable storage. A single circular plastic disk, coated with magnetic material is packed in a protective plastic casing. Typical size is 3.5 & Capacity is 1.44MB Typical Costs are:
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CD ROM

Optical Device. Removable Storage. Read Only Memory. Typical Capacity is 550 Mb 800MB Typical Costs are: Related Terms:
CD Writer WORM CD RW
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Printer

Output Device, Produces Hard Copy Types:

Dot Matrix Inkjet Laser

Related Terms:
Impact Non Impact Ribbon, Cartridge, Toner, Duty Cycle

Major Vendors in India:

HP, Cannon, Samsung, TVS, Epson etc.
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Scanner

Input Device, Converts a hard copy into a computer file. Used to Scan Signatures, Photographs etc. Optical Device. Major Vendors in India:
HP, Umax, Cannon

Nowadays Scanners with OCR produces editable documents.

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I/O (Input/Output) Devices

Information input and output is handled by I/O (input/output) devices. More generally, these devices are known as peripheral devices. Examples:

Monitor Keyboard Mouse Disk Drive (Floppy, Hard, Removable) CD or DVD Drive Printer Scanner

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Display
Screen pixel or dots Color coding: 32 bits 1 pixel = 3 bytes of color (RGB)+1 byte alpha channel (transparency) 1600x1200x4bytes=7,5 Mb!

Fonts
Bitmap Vectors
TrueType, OpenType, PostScript

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Input/Output Devices

I/O devices facilitate user interaction

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End of Session
Queries???

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