Term | Definition |
Audio input | process of inputting sound into the computer |
Biometrics | Authenticating technique using automated methods of recinizing a person based on a phycolgical and behavioral characteristics |
Digital Camera | takes pictures that are stored digitally and then tranfered to te computer's memory |
expansion slot | opening on the motherboard where an expansion board, also called an adapter card , can be inserted |
Firewire | external bus standard that supports dat transfer rates up to 400 mbps and can be connected to up to 63 external devices |
inkjet printer | provides good-quality color printing for less exspense than laser printer |
input | data or instructions entered into a computer |
keyboard | most commonly used inout device for entering numeric and alphabetic data into a computer |
laser printer | produces images using the same technology as a copier machine |
Modem | a device that allows one computer to talk to another |
monitor | desktop computer display device |
mouse | most commonly used pointing device for personal computers |
output | data that has been processed into a useful format |
plug-and-play | the ability of a computer system to configure expansion boards and other devices automatically |
pointing device | inout devicw that allows you to position the pointer on the screen |
port | an interface to which a peripheral device attches to or communicates with the system unit |
printer | used to produce a paper or hard copy of the processing results |
scanner | device that can change images into codes for input into the computer |
trackball | pionting device that works like a mouse turned upsod edown with the ball on top |
universal serial bus (USB) | port that can be connected with up to 127 different peripherals with a single connector and supports data transfer rates up to 200 million bits per second (mbps) |