INPUT AND OUTPUT OF COMPUTER
A. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Monitor -
INPUT AND OUTPUT OF COMPUTER
1. OUTPUT DEVICES
2. 1. Computer Display Monitor
3. 2. LCD Projectors
4. 3. Smart Board
5. 4. Printer
6. 5. Speaker
7. 1. Computer Display Monitor (CDM)/
Video Display Terminal (VDT) /Video
Display Unit (VDU) - It displays
information in visual form, using text
and graphics. The portion of the
monitor that displays the information
is called the screen or video display
terminal.
8. Types of Monitor
a. Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Monitors
b. Flat Panel Monitors
-Liquid Crystal Display
-Gas Plasma Display
c. Touch Screen Monitors
-Resistive Touch Screen
-Surface Wave Touch Screens
-Capacitive Touch Screen
d. LED Monitors
e. OLED Monitors
f. Digital Light Processing Monitors
g. Thin-Film Transistor Monitors
h. Plasma Screen Monitors
It is a technology used in early
monitors. It uses a beam of electrons
to create an image on the screen. It
comprises the guns that fire a beam of
electrons inside the screen. These
guns are responsible for generating
RGB (Red ,Green, Blue) colors, and
more other colors can be generated
with the help of combining these three
colors.
B. Flat Panel Monitors - These types of
monitors are lightweight and take less
space. These monitors are more
effective as they do not provide
harmful radiation. The Display of a
flat-panel monitor is made with the
help of two plates of glass. These
plates contain a substance, which is
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● Liquid Crystal Display -LCD
screen contains a substance
known as liquid crystal. The
particles of this
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substance are aligned in a
way that the light located
backside on the screens,
which allow to generate an
image or block. Liquid crystal
display offers a clear
picture and emits less
radiation..
Gas Plasma Display - This
display uses gas plasma
technology, which uses a
layer of gas between 2 plates
of
glass. When voltage is
applied, the gas releases
ultraviolet light. By this
ultraviolet light, the pixels on
the
screen glow and form an
image
C. Touch Screen Monitors - It enables users to
interact with the computer by using a finger or
stylus instead of using a mouse or keyboard.
These types of screens include pictures or
words that help users to interact with the
computer.
● Resistive Touch Screen - Generally,
this screen includes a thin electrically
conductive and resistive layer of metal.
When the touch is pressed, a change in
the electrical current occurs that is
sent to the controller. Nowadays, these
screens are widely in use. These
monitors are more reliable as they
cannot be affected by liquids or dust.
● Surface Wave Touch Screens - These
monitors process the input through
ultrasonic waves. When a user touches
the screen, the wave is processed and
absorbed by the computer. It is less
reliable as they can be damaged by
water or dust.
● Capacitive Touch Screen - This screen
includes a cover with an
electrically-charged material. This
material continuously flows the current
over the screen. It is mainly used by
the finger rather than a stylus. These
monitors contain better clarity and do
not damage by dust .Nowadays,
capacitive touch screen is mostly used
in smartphones.
D. LED Monitors - It is a flat screen computer
monitor, which stands for lightemitting diode
display. It is lightweight in terms of weight and
has a short depth. As the source of light, it uses
a panel of LEDs.
E. OLED Monitors - It is a new flat light-emitting
display technology, which is more efficient,
brighter, thinner, and better refresh rates
feature and contrast as compared to the LCD
display. It is made up of locating a series of
organic thin films between two conductors.
These displays do not need a backlight as they
are emissive displays.
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F. Digital Light Processing (DLP) Monitors – It
is developed by Texas Instruments. It is a
technology, which is used for presentations by
projecting images from a monitor onto a big
screen.
G. Thin-Film-Transistor (TFT) Monitors -
It is a type of LCD flat panel display. In TFT
monitors, all pixels are controlled with the help
of one to four transistors. The high quality
flat-panel LCDs use these transistors. Zip disk -
is a small, portable disk drive used primarily for
backing up and archiving personal computer
files.
H. Plasma Screen Monitors - A plasma screen
is a thin, flat-panel. It is a brighter screen as
compared to LCD displays. It can be used to
either display modes of digital computer input
or analog video signals, and sometimes, it is
marketed as 'thin-panel' displays.
TYPES OF MONITOR CONNECTORS
a. VGA
b. Thunderbolt
c. HDMI
d. USB-C
e. DVI
f. DisplayPort
A. VideoGraphicsArray or Video Graphics
Adapter VGA is popular display standard. It was
introduced in 1987 after being developed by
IBM. It is used to connect a computer with a
projector, monitor, or TV.
B. Thunderbolt - It is a hardware interface,
which was marketed under the name Light Peak
and developed by Intel in collaboration with
Apple. On 24 February 2011, it was first sold as
part of a consumer product. It is used for
connecting peripheral devices such as a mouse,
keyboard, printer, scanner, and more to a
computer.
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C. High Definition Multimedia Interface
(HDMI). It has the ability to transmit the
high-bandwidth and high quality streams of
audio and video between devices. It is used with
Projector, HDTV, Blu-ray player, or DVD player.

D. USB-C - It is a plug and play interface, stands

for Universal Serial Bus. It allows the computer Smart Board - A type of display screen that has
to communicate with peripheral and other a touch sensitive transparent panel covering
devices. It is also able to send power to certain the screen, which is similar to a touch screen.
devices like tablets and smartphones, including
charging their batteries. In January 1996, the
first version of the Universal Serial Bus was
released.

Printer - A device that prints text or

illustrations on paper.

TYPES OF PRINTER
E. Digital Visual Interface (DVI) - It is used to
transmit Digital Visual Interface and display a) Ink-Jet or Bubble-Jet Printer
devices at high 2560 x 1600 resolutions. b) Laser Printer
Computer monitors and projectors are the c) LCD and LED Printer
common devices that use the DVI connection. d) Line Printer
e) Thermal Printer

A. Ink-Jet or Bubble-Jet Printer - spays ink at

a sheet of paper. Ink-jet printers produce
high-quality text and graphics.
F. LCD Projectors- utilize two sheets of
polarizing material with a liquid crystal solution
between them. An electric current passed
through the liquid causes the crystals to align
so that light cannot pass through them. Each
crystal, therefore, is like a shutter, either
allowing light to pass through or blocking the
light.

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B. Laser Printer - Uses the same technology as
copy machines. Laser printers produce very
high quality text and graphics.

Speakers - Used to play sound. They may be

built into the system unit or connected with
cables. Speakers allow you to listen to music
C. LCD and LED Printer- Similar to a laser and hear sound effects from your computer
printer, but uses liquid crystals or light-emitting
diodes rather than a laser to produce an image
on the drum.

WHAT IS STORAGE DEVICE?

Aside from the devices attached on a PC, there

D. Line Printer - Contains a chain of characters are also the so called storage devices that
or pins that print an entire line at one time. Line perform a special task in computing system.
printers are very fast, but produce low-quality Storage device is any apparatus for recording
print. computer data in a permanent or
semi-permanent form.

Types of Storage Devices

1. Floppy diskette
2. Compact disc (CD)
3. Digital Versatile Disc (DVD
4. Jump disk and USB flash disk
E. Thermal Printer- An inexpensive printer that 5. Hard disk
works by pushing heated pins against 6. LS-120
heat-sensitive paper. Thermal printers are 7. Zip disk
widely used in calculators and fax machines.
1. Floppy diskette- is a random access,
removable data storage medium that can be
used with personal computers. The term usually

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refers to the magnetic medium housed in a rigid
plastic cartridge measuring 3.5 inches square
and about 2millimeters thick. Also called a
"3.5-inch diskette," it can store up to 1.44
megabytes (MB) of data.

5.Hard disk- is the main, and usually largest,

data storage device in a computer. The
operating system, software titles and most
other files are stored in the hard disk drive.
2. Compact disc (CD) – also called optical disc
is a nonmagnetic, polished metal disk used to
store
digital information. The disc is read by the
CDROM.

6. LS-120- is a drive which supports a special

floppy diskette which can store up to 120MB of
information as well as being backwards
compatible and still supporting the standard
1.44MB floppy diskettes.
3. Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)- an optical disc
technology with a 4.7 gigabyte storage capacity
on a single-sided, one layered disk, which is
enough for a 133-minute movie.

7. Zip disk - is a small, portable disk drive used

primarily for backing up and archiving personal
4. Jump disk and USB flash disk- is a
computer files.
plug-and-play portable storage device that uses
flash memory and is lightweight enough to
attach to a key chain. A USB drive can be used
in place of a floppy disk, Zip drive disk, or CD.

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