Computer System

Input
1. Keyboard-A board with letters and numbers as individual keys so you can type on a computer.
2. Mouse-An object that rests on a table and can be moved freely around and moves a cursor and has clickable buttons.
3. Microphone-A device that turns sound waves into something that is stored electronically.
4. Touchscreen-A screen with added functionality in the sense that it can sense when you touch it.
5. Webcam-A small form factor camera than can be built into or sit on top of a display.
Output
1. Speaker-Usually a pair of things that vibrate and move to turn electronic sound back into sound waves.
2. Monitor-A device that outputs light o form images for our eyes to see.
3. Printer-A device that receives wireless transmissions from a computer so it can output paper with ink on it.
4. 3D Printer-Like a normal printer but it can print 3 dimensional plastic objects.
5. Projector-A device that outputs light in a beam so it's size can be adjusted and shown on a wall.
Storage
1. Solid State-The most portable and fast type of storage.
  1. SD Card
  2. USB
  3. SSD
2. Optical-The cheapest form of storage but not the largest there is.
  1. CD
  2. Blu-Ray
  3. DVD
3. Magnetic-Partially magnetised discs that can be read by a small metal rod that can detect electro magnetism.
  1. HDD
  2. Magnetic Tape
  3. Fixed Hard Drive
Software
1. Games-Used for entertainment .
2. Browsers-Software that allows access to the internet.

Resource summary

	Created by Dylan Harris over 6 years ago