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Flashcards by Jess Peason, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jess Peason
almost 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is a CRT monitor? | These monitors are easy to identify as they have large bulky backs behind a glass screen. They used to be the most common monitors for use with desktop computers. These days other Monitor types have become cheaper and so CRT monitors are not commonly seen except in old equipment. Advantages and disadvantages • Cheap to buy • Produces good colours • Large footprint so takes up lots of desktop space. • Very heavy compared to other monitor types • Screen is generally convex and this makes output at the edges slightly distorted. |
| What is a TFT monitor? | These are the most common type of computer monitor at present. They use LCD technology which requires backlighting to enable the image to be seen. Advantages and disadvantages • Thinner and lighter then CRT monitors making them suitable for portable products • The back lighting does not evenly light the screen causing dark and light patches • Narrow viewing angle - Picture quality changes as the viewer moves around. |
| What is a multimedia projector? | Computer screens are too small to show something to an audience. Multimedia projectors plug into computers and the normal image on the display is projected onto a large screen. Advantages and disadvantages • Allows larger numbers of people to see what is on the computer display • Bulb lifetime is limited and bulbs are expensive to replace • Often require significant distance between screen and projector so require large rooms to work |
| What is a laser printer? | Laser printers are the main types of printers found in offices and businesses. They produce high quality printouts of both text and graphics and can produce both colour and grey scale output. Advantages and disadvantages • More expensive to buy a laser printer than an inkjet printer • Less expensive to print per page than an inkjet printer. • Produce very high quality output |
| What is an inkjet printer? | Inkjet printers produce a printout by emitting small drops of ink onto paper. They are not impact printers. Inkjet printers are very common for home printing requirements. Advantages and disadvantages • Produce high quality printouts in colour • Cheap to purchase the printer initially • Quieter than impact printers such as dot-matrix • High ink costs per page • Printouts may not be touch-dry when first produced so will smudge if not handled carefully |
| What is a dot matrix printer? | Dot-matrix printers are impact printers. They work by striking the page with small pins coated in ink at the tip. They used to popular in home printing applications but have now been mostly replaced by inkjet printers. Their main use is in printing multi-part forms which require the impact to imprint the character through to the last page. Advantages and disadvantages • Very fast for printing text • Can print onto multi-part forms because they use impact to work (the other types of printer mentioned are non-impact). • Very noisy so not suitable for offices due to noise pollution. • Still popular in warehouses, or similar, where noise is less of an issue and multi-part form use is still common. • Produce very poor image quality only really suitable for text |
| What is a graph plotter? | Also called a 'plotter' these are used to printout line drawings in situations like architects or engineering diagrams. There are two types • Flat-bed plotters - The paper lies on flat surface and pens are moved across the surface to draw diagrams • Drum-plotters - The paper is on a roll and as it unrolls pens draw on it. Advantages and disadvantages • Can work on very large paper sizes • Produce very high quality line drawings • Very large and so take up lots of office space • Very expensive top buy the plotter • Pen plotters have mostly been replaced by very large inkjet printers in most situations |
| What are speakers? | Enable a computer to output sounds as long as there is a sound card fitted into the computer. Advantages and disadvantages • Enable to users to hear sounds - useful for feedback for visually impaired people • Enables computers to be used a multimedia devices such as in video playback with sound • Require desktop space |
| What are motors? | Allows a computer to make other equipment move such as microwaves, washing machines and robots. Advantages and disadvantages • Enables computers to control automated equipment. • Requires additional equipment like D2A converters to enable computers to control motors |
| What are buzzers? | Buzzers enable feedback to users such as alarms for microwaves once they have finished. Advantages and disadvantages • Enables computers to give audible feedback if the user is not able to see the device. • Noise can be intrusive in situations where low noise levels are important |
| What are lights? | Found in computer controlled greenhouses, street lighting and traffic lights. Advantages and disadvantages • Improve the productivity of the greenhouse by maximising the amount of light for the plants. • Makes driving safer by automatically turning on when it is dark |
| What are heaters? | Used in computer controlled greenhouses. In colder climates and at night the computer can turn the heater on to maintain the optimum temperature for the plants growth. Advantages and disadvantages • Improve the productivity of the greenhouse by maximising the temperature for the plants. • Enables the growth of plants which would not grow in colder climates • Excessive use of heaters and lights to grow non-native plants contributes to atmospheric warming |
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