CHAPTER 5.

INFORMATION CREATION

ASSESSMENT

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1. Define the following terms:

a. OCR
The OCR also known as Optical Character Reader. It is one of the specialized
scanners. It enables to examine or read handwritten documents, keyboarded and
type written information. It can translate document texts or characters into data
processing. Sometimes it can also referred as text recognition The OCR can read
from bottom of the address upward. It also used widely in US Postal Offices to scan
mail for quick for quick distribution rather than having an hand-sort each piece of
mail.
b. MICR
The MICR also known as Magnetic Ink Character Reader. It is one of the
specialized scanners. It is used to read account information of the check to verify the
legitimacy or the originality of documents particular about checks. Mostly it is used by
the banks to reach the magnetic ink numbers that was pre printed on the deposit slips
and checks. It also provides high speed reading of financial information. It can able to
transfer to disks or tapes where the data can be stored and manipulated in further
preparing statements.
c. Barcode Scanners
The Barcode Reader can read printed barcodes. It can decode the data
contained in the barcode and send the data to the computer. It input device used to
capture and read information that contains the bar code. It is most common form of
automated data entry. One of the similar type of Barcode Scanners is UPC which is
known as Universal Product Code which found in every product or grocery product.
d. Handheld scanners
The Hand held scanner is a used of technology that performs the task of the
scanning of the documents but it is physically hand held. It is capable to scan
physical documents and convert it electronically to be displayed on computers that
was attached to edit and transfer. It is a type of scanner that can be moved by hand
over the material that was being captured. It was used by variety of retail
establishments such as mail delivery businesses as they used to document tracking
and also department stores that commonly they used it in reading in process of the
items to the computer.

2. List and describe each of the five (5) five main categories of computers. Mention the
advantages derived out of these computers.
1. Supercomputers defined as high level of performance. It is considered as the Goliaths
of the industry which possess of extremely powerful computers. It is primarily used for
scientific and works that requires high speed of computations. It applied to the fast and
high performance. This is used by the federal government, and worldwide weather
forecasting and weapons research. It can operate at 1.06 teraflops/second (1 teraflop = 1
 trillion operations). There are also some had 368 gigaflops/second (1 gigaflop = 1 billion
operations). For 2002, it operate at speed of petaflop/second ( 1 petaflop = 1 quadrillion
operations).

Advantages:

 Thousands times faster than a home PC.

 It can perform extremely difficult calculations extremely quickly.
 It can render high quality computer graphics and accurately simulate weather systems.
 It can run more problems in a short time
 It has a high speed, greater performance, high data transfer rate and high system memory
 It can used applications for molecular chemistry,advanced physics and weather reports.

2. Mainframe computers is primarily used for by large organizations and it was commonly
found in large business government agencies. It was used for data processing and large
scale transaction processing. A Mainframe computer is larger and can accommodate
hundreds of user doing different tasks. It has more processing power than other some
classes of computers. It is often used as servers.

Advantages:

 Large numbers of high power processors

 It provides an ideal platform for big data analytic, data ware houses and web applications
 It can support millions of users with superior performance
 It has large memory
 It can supports users and instructions
 Mainframes computers can manage huge amount of computers

3. Minicomputers are mid range computers that are commonly used for middle size
businesses. They are small computers that is intermediate between a microcomputer and
a mainframe in size. It is often dedicated to a single application. It is smaller and less
storage mini computer.
Advantages:
 It can easily change components like the RAM and hard drive.
 More affordable and effective to operate.
 It is easy to carry and it is lightweight.
 It can be placed directly on the desk and easy to reach
 It is less expensive.

4. Workstation Computers also known as Supermicros. It is design for technical or

scientific applications. It primarily used by one person at a time. It is an upper end
machines of micro computer. It is designed for single user. It has high speed micro
processor, increased memory and increased high hard disk storage capacity over the
micro computer and supports several users.
Advantages:

 It has a high performance for rendering complex graphics, financial analysis and digital
content creation.
 It has a larger memory than desktop PC.
 It can support multiple processors
 It has large hard drives and SSD
 It is easy to use if you stay in one room.

5. Microcomputers are also known as Personal Computers. They are commonly used in
home, business and education. These computers also referred as home computers or
personal computers.

Advantages:

 It is small size and easy to carry on.

 It has great advantage to students
 It increases encyclopedias and free full text books for both students and adult
learners.
 It has a larger grasp of knowledge
 It is also used in making different mobile apps.

3. Name the storage devices and give its distinguishing characteristics.

1. Floppy disks
2. Zip disksand devices are also known to be portable disk drive primarily used to meet teh
needs of mobile users.
3. Compact disk storage is a storage medium for digital data
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