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2.1.2 - Computer Hardware
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- 1Assistive Technology (Sight)Bionic eyes are not fully developed but the developed ones have been tested. The Tested ones, when worn, can give people who are partially blind the ability to see the outlines of people and objects more clearly. Though not fully developed, the Bionic eye could make a great impact on people who are partially blind.
- 2Assistive Technology (Google Glass)Google glass is a type of technology with an optical head-mount display. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format. The Google Glass can recognize other people for the blind, it also has subtitles for the deaf. Google glass ca show floor plans for buildings, this can be very useful for firemen, police, soldiers etc...
- 3Assistive Technology (Track ball)A Track ball mouse can be very useful for people who cannot move easily, they do not need to move their arms at all, but can use the ball in the mouse to move the pointer.
- 4Assistive Technology (Voice Control)Voice recognition and control software was designed for people who cannot move very well, they can control the computer by voice commanding it to go from one pace to another, voice recognition software can also change speech to text but this can be a little unpredictable when you do not speak clearly.
- 5CPUThe CPU is the Central Processing Unit
- 6Control UnitCo-ordinates and controls all the operations carried out by the computer
- 7MHzA Million cycles per second
- 8GHzA Billion cycles per second
- 9ALUPerforms arithmetic calculations and logical comparisons
- 10HzOne cycle per second
- 11Cache
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- GCSE Computing Flashcards on 2.1.2 - Computer Hardware, created by Vincente Belli on 05/12/2016.
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- Vincente Belli · Dec 2016
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