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 • MONITORS

Monitor is also called as Visual Display

Unit (VDU), is the main output device of
a computer. It forms images from tiny
dots, called pixels that are arranged to
create a form.
 • Cathode ray tube monitor

A cathode ray tube is a specialized

vacuum tube in which are
produced.
 • Flat panel display

A flat panel monitor can

refer to a computer
monitor that does not use
cathode ray tube (CRT)
technology, but commonly
LCD, LED or plasma
Technology.
 • Impact printers

The printers that print the

characters by striking against the
ribbon and onto the paper.
 • Dot matrix printers

It is one of the most popular

printers in the market. Characters
are printed in form of dot’s and
consist of a matrix pins.
 • Daisy wheel

Head is lying on wheel and pins

corresponding to characters that
are like petals of daisy.
 • Line printers

Line printers
are printers
which print
one line at a
time.
 • drum printers

This printer is shaped like a drum

so it called drum printer. The paper
is taped onto a drum for precise
alignment.
 • chain printers

Printer that used slugs linked

together in a chain as its printing
mechanism. The chain spins
horizontally around the
hammers.
• chain printers
 • laser printers

Printers that use laser lights to

produce the dots needed to form
the characters to be printed on a
page.
• laser printers
 • inkjet printers

Print characters by spraying small

drops of ink onto paper. They
produce high quality output with
presentable features.
 3. Video projector

It takes a video and projects it to

the image screen using a lens
system.
 4. Speakers

Also known as Multimedia

Speakers. These are speakers
external to a computer, and
disables the built-in speaker.