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Flashcards by Ayanna Alicea, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ayanna Alicea
over 2 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Peripheral: | Peripheral: A device, usually external to a computer, that is plugged into a computer's communication port or is connected wirelessly. Common peripherals are keyboards, mice, monitors, speakers, and printers. |
| Touch screen: | A display device that allows a user to interact with a computer by touching, tapping, and swiping areas on the screen. |
| Inkjet printer | A printer that sprays small dots of ink from an ink reservoir onto a sheet of paper. |
| Laser printer | A printer that uses electrical charges and heat to fuse tiny plastic particles (called toner) to the paper. |
| Scanner | A device that scans paper documents and converts them into digital files. |
| Universal Serial Bus (USB) | A common interface used to connect peripherals, such as mice, keyboards, printers, and digital cameras to a computer. |
| FireWire | An interface used to connect peripherals such as digital cameras and external hard drives to a computer. It is no longer commonly used. |
| Video Graphics Array (VGA) connector | A connector, identified by its blue color and three rows of pins, that is used to connect older monitors to a computer. |
| Digital Visual Interface (DVI) connector | A connector, typically white with three rows of eight pins, designed to connect digital monitors to a computer. |
| High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connector | A connector now available on a wide variety of devices such as computers, monitors, TVs, Blu-Ray players, and more. HDMI is used to transfer high-definition signals. It supports both audio and video data. |
| Registered Jack 45 (RJ-45) connector | A connector used to connect a computer to a wired network. |
| Thunderbolt | An interface primarily used on Apple computers that connects a monitor to a computer and can also provide DC power. |
| Infrared | A communication technology that uses light waves to transmit information through the air. |
| Bluetooth | A short-range wireless communication technology used to connect peripherals such as wireless headphones, speakers, keyboards, mice, smart watches, printers, and game controllers to a computer, including smartphones. |
| Camera lens | A camera component that focuses the light that enters it into a point. Behind the point, the light spreads out again, eventually creating an upside-down image of the light that entered. |
| Photosensitive material | A light sensitive surface used to capture the image focused by the lens. |
| Camera shutter | A camera component that sits between the lens and the sensor, allowing light to enter for a short time. |
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