Computer Hardware 2

Computer Hardware 2

1. Special Input and Output Devices

   • Sip and Puff allows controll over the left and right click without a mouse.
   • Text-To-Speech allows blind people or people who have trouble reading to have text read out to them
   • Braille Printers allow printing in Braille that is readable by blind people.
   • Screen Magnifiers make it easier for people with poor eye sight to see the screen

2. Input and Output Devices are devices used to interact with a computer system...

   • Input Devices are used to enter data into a computer.
     • Mouse
     • Keyboard
     • Scanner
   • Output device are used to display or output data which has been processed or stored on the computer.
     • Monitor
     • Speaker
     • Printer

3. Secondary Storage

   • Optical drives are useful for distributing data on disks
   • Solid-State drives have no moving parts and are faster than Hard Drives
   • Hard drives use magnetism and a spinning disk to store, read and write data
   • Secondary storage is used to store program data and the operating system for a computer