Hardware-Input & Output

Hardware-Input & Output

1. Explain the difference between input and output.

2. How are today's Super-ATM's improved over the old banking and credit card ATM's?

3. Briefly describe the difference between a dumb terminal and an intelligent terminal.

4. Briefly describe the difference in operation between a mouse and a trackball.

5. Briefly describe the difference between dedicated fax machines and fax modems.

6. How has electronic imaging enhanced multimedia?

7. Briefly describe the difference between frame-grabber video and full-motion video.

8. What two advances in input technology have extended computer access to the

physically disabled?

9. Briefly describe the difference between the two ways to digitize audio signals: an audio board and a MIDI board.

10. Why would you want to edit a photo before posting it on a web site?

11. Briefly describe the difference between hard copy and soft copy.

12. Briefly describe the difference between an active-matrix display and a passive-matrix display.

13. What makes multifunctional printers multifunctional?

14. State the advantages of videoconferencing.

15. Briefly describe the relationship between dot pitch and screen clarity.

16. Briefly describe the relationship between resolution and screen clarity.

17. Briefly describe the relationship between refresh rate and screen clarity.

18. How does the ability to input data from remote locations improve medical care?

19. How does ergonomics help computer users?

20. Which type of computer screen has negligible low-level electromagnetic field emissions?