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Characteristics of Monitors:
• Resolution - T he number of distinct pixels in each
dimension that can be displayed.
• Dot Pitch - Is a specification for a computer display
that describes the distance between dots (sub-pixels)
of the same color on the screen.
• Refresh Rate - Is the number of times in a second that
display hardware draws the data.
• Size - Is measured diagonally from one corner of the
screen to another.
Types of Monitors
• CRT - Is a vacuum tube containing an electron gun
and a fluorescent screen, with internal or external
means to accelerate and deflect the electron beam,
used to create images in the form of light emitted
from the fluorescent screen.
• Flat Panel - encompass a growing number of
technologies enabling video displays that are lighter
and much thinner than traditional television and video
displays.
• LCD Monitor/screen - Is a thin, flat panel used for
electronically displaying information such as text,
images, and moving pictures.
Printers
A printer is a peripheral which produces a hard copy
of documents stored in electronic form.
Types:
• Daisy Wheel - A device used in some electric
typewriters and printers, consisting of printing
characters fixed at the ends of spokes on a wheel.
• Dot Matrix - Is a type of printer with a head that runs
back and forth, or in an up and down motion, on the
page and prints by impact, striking an ink-soaked
cloth ribbon against the paper.
• Inkjet - Is a type of printer that reproduces a digital
image by propelling variably-sized droplets of liquid or
molten material (ink) onto a page.
• Laser - Is a common type of printer that rapidly
produces high quality text and graphics on plain
paper.
• Line Printer - Is a form of high speed impact printer in
which one line of type is printed at a time.
• Plotters - Is a vector graphics printing device to print
graphical plots, that connects to a computer.
• Sound Card - Is a computer expansion card that
facilitates the input and output of audio signals to and
from a computer under control of computer programs.
• Speaker - An output device that produce sound.
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