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| data that has been processed into a useful form |
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| what are the basic types of output |
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| text, graphics, audio, video |
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| any type of hardware component that conveys information to one or more people |
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| visually conveys text, graphics, and video information |
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| info on a display device that exists electronically and appears for a temporary period |
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| a display device that is packaged as a separate peripheral |
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| displayed info is one color on a different colored background and this type of display uses less battery power |
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| lightweight w/a shallow depth/flat screen usually LCD or gas plasma technology |
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| uses a liquid compound to present information on a display device |
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| a monitor that is wider than it is tall |
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| uses separate transistor to apply charges to each liquid crystal cell/is high-quality color viewed at all angles |
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| another term for active-matrix display |
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| uses organic molecules producing brighter, easier to read displays than standard TFT tech |
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| a new use of OLED tech that displays in a helmet, goggles or glasses |
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| what type of LCD screen is newer and what is better about it |
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| LCD LED / better pic quality, thinner screen, and 40% less power |
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| uses fewer transistors, less power/less expensive than it's counterpart but not as bright and looks best from the angle of directly in front of the screen |
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| the quality of an LCD monitor or LCD screen depends primarily on what |
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| resolution, response time, brightness, dot pitch and contrast ratio |
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# of horizontal/vertical pixels in a display device
+resolution = uses +number of pixels |
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| short for picture element is a single point in an electronic image |
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| the specific resolution geared for a monitor and should be used for optimal results |
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| the time in ms it takes to turn a pixel on or off |
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| a unit of visible light intensity equal to one candela (formerly candlepower) per sq. meter |
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| the standard unit of luminous intensity |
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| the distance in mm between pixels on a display device smaller=easier to read |
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| another term for dot pitch |
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| describes the difference in light intensity between brightest white/darkest black the LCD monitor can display |
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| controls the manipulation and display of graphics on a display device |
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| what type of signal do LCD monitors use and where should they plug in |
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| a digital signal/DVI port,HDMI port, DisplayPort |
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| defines a display's width relative to its height |
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| the number of bits used to store info about each pixel |
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| another term for bit depth |
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| allows users to connect external analog devices like tv's, dvd/blu-ray players and video recorders |
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| display devices that use gas plasma technology and offer screen sizes up to 150 inches |
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| super video graphics array |
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| super extended graphics array |
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| wide extended graphics array |
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| ultra extended graphics array |
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| wide super extended graphics array |
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| wide ultra extended graphics array |
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| wide quad extended graphics array |
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| offers a crisper, higher-quality output |
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| high-definition television (HDTV) |
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| most advanced form of digital television |
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| how do you connect a regular tv to a comuter |
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| you need a converter to make the analog tv signal digital so the computer can process it |
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| a desktop monitor that contains a cathode-ray tube/they have a much larger footprint than do LCD monitors |
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| a large, sealed glass tube whose front is the screen and inside is coted with tiny dots of phospor material that glow when an electron beam passes over them producing the on-screen image |
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| an output device that produces text and graphics on a physical medium |
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| printed info that exists physically making it more permanent than it's counterpart displayed on-screen only |
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| another term for hard copy |
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| forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper without actually striking the paper |
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| forms characters/graphics by spraying tiny liquid ink drops on paper: color or black-and-white higher dpi (dots per inch)=higher quality output |
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| produces phot-lab-quality pictures in color |
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| a standard tech that allows usets to print photos dirctly from a digital camera via USB w/out using a computer |
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| high-speed, high-quality, nonimpact, black/white or color |
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| page description language or PDL |
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| tells the printer how to arrange the contents of a printed page |
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| printer control language or PCL |
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| one of two common types of PDL/is standard language that supports fonts/layouts used in most office docs |
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| one of two common types of PDL/is designed for complex docs w/intense graphics/colors |
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| powdered ink used by laser printers |
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| multifunction periperal or MFP |
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a single device that prints, scans, copies, and in some cases, faxes
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| generates images by pushing electrically heated pins against the heat-sensitive paper |
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| thermal wax-transfer printer |
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| generates rich, nonsmearing images by using heat to melt colored wax onto heat-sensitive paper |
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| or digital photo printer uses heat to transfer colored dye to specially coated paper |
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| a small, lightweight, battery-powered printer that allows a mobile user to print from a notebook computer, smart phone, or other mobile device |
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| a small printer that prints on adhesive-type material |
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| a special type of label printer that prints postage stamps but postage can be printed on other printers as well |
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| used to produce high-quality drawings |
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| create photo-realistic quality color prints on a larger scale |
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| form characters/graphics on paper by striking a mechanism against inked ribbon that physically contacts paper |
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| near letter quality or NLQ |
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| quality slightly less clear than what is acceptable for business letters ideal for labels/multipart forms |
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| produces printed images when tiny wire pins on a print head mechanism strike an inked ribbon |
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| prints an entire line at a time |
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| commonly used by dot-matrix printers and is connected end to end w/holes along sides to help feed into printer |
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| lines per minute and is measurement for the speed of a line printer |
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| produces music, speech, or other sounds |
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| generate higher-quality sounds for games, multimedia, music and movies |
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| positioned so sound emits from all directions |
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| part of the surround sound speaker system that boosts low bass sounds |
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| speakers that cover or are placed outside of the ear |
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| speakers that rest inside the ear canal |
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| a device that funtions as headphones/a microphone |
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| when you hear a human voice or the computer talks through speakers |
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| a device that takes the text and images displaying on a computer screen and projects them on a larger screen |
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| digital light processing projector/uses tiny mirrors to reflect light producing crisp,bright,colorful,in-focus images even in a well-lit room |
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| a touch-sensitive device, resembling a dry-erase board, that displays the image on a connected computer screen |
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| technology that sends resistance to the device in response to actions of the user |
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| provides the user with a physical response from the device |
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