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3.4 vocab
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- 1—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.
- 2—Touch screen: A display device that allows a user to interact with a computer by touching, tapping, and swiping areas on the screen.
- 3—inkjet printer : A printer that sprays small dots of ink from an ink reservoir onto a sheet of paper.
- 4—laser printer : A printer that uses electrical charges and heat to fuse tiny plastic particles (called toner) to the paper.
- 5—scanner: A device that scans paper documents and converts them into digital files.
- 6—Universal Serial Bus (USB): A common interface used to connect peripherals, such as mice, keyboards, printers, and digital cameras to a computer.
- 7—FireWire: An interface used to connect peripherals such as digital cameras and external hard drives to a computer. It is no longer commonly used.
- 8—Video Graphics Array (VGA):
A connector, identified by its blue color and three rows of pins, that is used to connect older monitors to a computer.
- 9—Digital Visual Interface (DVI) connector: A connector, typically white with three rows of eight pins, designed to connect digital monitors to a computer.
- 10—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.
- 11—Registered Jack 45 (RJ-45) connector: connector used to connect a computer to a wired network.
- 12—thunderbolt: An interface primarily used on Apple computers that connects a monitor to a computer and can also provide DC power.
- 13—Infrared: A communication technology that uses light waves to transmit information through the air.
- 14—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.
- 15—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.
- 16—Photosensitive material: A light sensitive surface used to capture the image focused by the lens.
- 17—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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- 9th grade Computer Science Flashcards on 3.4 vocab, created by Roseberlin Ulysse on 01/11/2021.
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