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DSST Computers #5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Air Mouse | Newer type of motion-sensing mouse that, in addition to the typical buttons, allows you to control objects, media players, and slide shows by moving the mouse in predetermined directions through the air. |
| All-in-one device | Output device that looks like a printer or copy machine but provides the functionality of a printer, scanner, copy machine, and perhaps a fax machine. See also multifunction peripheral. |
| Audio Input | Process of entering any sound, such as speech, music, and sound effects, into the computer. |
| Automated Teller Machine (ATM) | Special-purpose terminal, connected to a host computer through a network that functions as a self-service banking machine. |
| Bar Code | Identification code consisting of either vertical lines and spaces of different widths or a two-dimensional pattern of dots, squares, and other images that represent a manufacturer and an item. |
| Biometrics | Technology of authenticating a person's identity by verifying a personal characteristic. |
| Click Wheel | Touch-sensitive scroll pad on a portable media player that users rotate to browse through song, picture, or movie lists and press to play or pause media, display a menu, and other actions. |
| CRT Monitor | Type of desktop monitor that contains a cathode-ray tube. |
| Dance Pad | Flat electronic device divided into panels that users press with their feet in response to instructions from a music video game. |
| Data Projector | Output device that takes the text and images displaying on a computer screen and projects them on a larger screen so an audience can see the image clearly. |
| Digital Camera | Mobile device that allows users to take pictures and stores the photographed images digitally, instead of on traditional film |
| Digital Pen | Input device that allows users to write or draw on the screen by pressing the pen and issue instructions to a Tablet PC by tapping on the screen. |
| Digital Photo Printer | Thermal printer that uses heat to transfer colored dye to specially coated paper. |
| Digital Video (DV) Camera | Video camera that records video as digital signals instead of as analog signals. |
| Display Device | Output device that visually conveys text, graphics, and video information. |
| Dot-Matrix Printer | Type of impact printer that produces printed images when tiny wire pins on a print head mechanism strike an inked ribbon. |
| DVD Kiosk | Self-service DVD rental machine that connects to a host computer through a network. |
| Earbuds | Audio output device that rests inside the ear canal. See also earphones. |
| Earphones | Audio output device that rests inside the ear canal. See also earbuds. |
| Ergonomics | The science of incorporating comfort, efficiency, and safety into the design of the workplace. |
| Fingerprint Reader | Biometric device that captures curves and indentations of a fingerprint and compares them with those of a stored image. |
| Flatbed Scanner | Type of light-sensing input device that scans a document and creates a file of the document in memory instead of a paper copy. |
| Game Controller | Input device that directs movements and actions of on-screen objects in video and computer games. |
| Gamepad | Input device that controls the movement and actions of players or objects in video games or computer games. |
| Graphics Tablet | Flat, rectangular, electronic, plastic board that is used to create drawings and sketches. |
| Headphones | Audio output device that covers or is placed outside the ear. |
| Headset | Device that functions as both headphones and a microphone. |
| Impact Printer | Type of printer that forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper by striking a mechanism against an inked ribbon that physically contacts the paper. |
| Ink-Jet Printer | Type of nonimpact printer that forms characters and graphics by spraying tiny drops of liquid ink on a piece of paper. |
| Input | Any data and instructions entered into the memory of a computer. |
| Input Device | Any hardware component that allows users to enter data and instructions into a computer. |
| Interactive Whiteboard | Touch-sensitive device, resembling a dry-erase board, that displays the image on a connected computer screen. |
| Joystick | Pointing device used for games or flight and driving simulations that is a vertical lever mounted on a base. |
| Keyboard | Input device that contains keys users press to enter data and instructions into a computer. |
| Kiosk | Free-standing computer that usually includes a touch screen. |
| Large-Format Printer | Printer that creates photo-realistic quality color prints, used mainly by graphic artists. |
| Laser Mouse | Mouse type that uses a laser sensor. |
| Laser Printer | Type of high-speed, high-quality nonimpact printer that creates images using a laser beam and powdered ink called toner. |
| LCD Monitor | Desktop monitor that uses a liquid crystal display instead of a cathode-ray tube to produce images on a screen, resulting in a sharp, flicker-free display. Also called flat-panel monitor |
| Light Gun | Input device used in video and computer games to shoot targets and moving objects after you pull the trigger on the weapon. |
| Line Printer | Type of high-speed impact printer that prints an entire line at a time. |
| Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) | Type of display that uses a liquid compound to present information on a display device. |
| MICR | Technology that reads text printed with magnetized ink. |
| MICR Reader | Reading device that converts MICR characters into a form that a computer can process. |
| Microsoft Surface | Touch screen with a 30-inch tabletop display that allows one or more people to interact with the screen using their fingers or hands. |
| Mobile Printer | Small, lightweight, battery-powered printer used by a mobile user to print from a notebook computer, Tablet PC, smart phone, or other personal mobile device while traveling. |
| Monitor | Display device that is packaged as a separate peripheral. |
| Mouse | Pointing device that fits comfortably under the palm of a user's hand. |
| Multifunction Peripheral | Output device that looks like a printer or copy machine but provides the functionality of a printer, scanner, copy machine, and perhaps a fax machine. See also all-in-one device. |
| Nonimpact Printer | Type of printer that forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper without actually striking the paper. |
| OCR devices | Optical character recognition devices that include small optical scanners for reading characters and sophisticated software to analyze what is read. |
| Optical character recognition (OCR) | Optical reader technology that involves reading typewritten, computer-printed, or hand-printed characters from ordinary documents and translating the images to a form that a computer can process. |
| Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) | Optical reader technology that reads hand-drawn marks such as small circles or rectangles. |
| Optical Mouse | Mouse that uses devices, such as optical sensors or lasers, that emit and sense light to detect the mouse's movement. |
| Output | Data that has been processed into a useful form. |
| Output Device | Any hardware component that conveys information to one or more people. |
| PC Video Camera | Type of digital video camera that enables a home or small business user to capture video and still images, send e-mail messages with video attachments, add live images to instant messages, broadcast live images over the Internet, and make video telephone |
| Pen Input | Input method in which you touch a stylus or digital pen on a flat surface to write, draw, and make selections. |
| Photo Printer | Type of nonimpact color printer that produces photo-lab-quality pictures. |
| PictBridge | Standard technology used with photo printers that allows you to print photos directly from a digital camera by connecting a cable from the digital camera to a USB port on the printer. |
| Pixel | The smallest element in an electronic image. Short for picture element. |
| Plotters | Sophisticated printers that produce high-quality drawings such as blueprints, maps, and circuit diagrams using a row of charged wires (called styli) to draw an electrostatic pattern on specially coated paper and then fuse toner to the pattern. |
| Pointer | Small symbol displayed on a computer screen whose location and shape changes as a user moves a pointing device. |
| Pointing Device | Input device that allows a user to control a pointer on the screen. |
| Pointing Stick | Pressure-sensitive pointing device shaped like a pencil eraser that is positioned between keys on a keyboard and moved by pushing the pointing stick with a finger. |
| POS Terminal | Terminal used by retail stores to record purchases, process credit or debit cards, and update inventory. |
| Printer | Output device that produces text and graphics on a physical medium such as paper or transparency film. |
| Resolution | The number of horizontal and vertical pixels in a display device. |
| Scanner | Light-sending input device that reads printed text and graphics and then translates the results into a form the computer can process. See also optical scanner. |
| Signature Capture Pad | Pen input device that captures handwritten signatures with a stylus or pen that is attached to the device. |
| Speakers | Audio output devices that generate sound. |
| Speech Recognition | Computer's capability of distinguishing spoken words. Also called voice recognition. |
| Stylus | Small metal or plastic device that looks like a ballpoint pen, but uses pressure instead of ink to write, draw, or make selections. |
| Terminal | Computer, usually with limited processing power, that enables users to send data to and/or receive information from a host computer. |
| Thermal Printer | Type of nonimpact printer that generates images by pushing electrically heated pins against heat-sensitive paper. |
| Touch Screen | Touch-sensitive display device with which users interact by touching areas of the screen. |
| Touch-Sensitive Pad | Input device that enables users to scroll through and play music, view pictures, watch videos or movies, adjust volume, and/or customize settings. |
| Touchpad | Small, flat, rectangular pointing device that is sensitive to pressure and motion. |
| Trackball | Stationary pointing device with a ball on its top or side. |
| Turnaround Document | Document that a user returns to the company that has created and sent it. |
| Video Conference | Meeting between two or more geographically separated people who use a network or the Internet to transmit audio and video data. |
| Video Input | Process of capturing full-motion images and storing them on a computer's storage medium. |
| Video Output | Audio output that occurs when a user hears a person's voice or when a computer talks to the user through the speakers on the computer. |
| Voice Recognition | Computer's capability of distinguishing spoken words. Also called speech recognition. |
| Web Cam | Digital video camera that enables a home or small business user to capture video and still images, send e-mail messages with video attachments, add live images to instant messages, broadcast live images over the Internet, and make live video telephone cal |
| Wheel Steering | wheel-type input device that is used to simulate driving a vehicle. |
| Widescreen | Term used to refer to LCD monitors that are wider than they are tall. |
| Wii Remote | Nintendo's motion-sensing input device that uses Bluetooth wireless technology to communicate with the Wii game console. |
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