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Marwan Eissa H00204625 Musabbeh Obaid H00151361 Abdulrahman Ali H00214420 Mohammed Al Qassimi H00254058

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Contents:
Unit 5 Type, click and talk! 6 Capture your favorite image 7 Display screens and ergonomics 8 Choosing printer 9 Devices for disabled Page 3 4 5 6 7

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Unit 5 Type, click and talk!

Before a computer can process your data, you need some method to input the data into the machine. The device you use will depend on what form this data takes (be it text, sound, artwork, etc.). The terms input and output are used both as verbs to describe the process of entering or displaying the data. Input Devices: 1. Keyboard: The computer keyboard is used to enter text information into the computer, as when you type
the contents of a report.

2. Mouse: The mouse pointing device sits on your work surface and is moved with your hand. Ball mouse Optical mouse cordless or wireless mouse 3. Touch pad: Most laptop computers today have a touch pad pointing device. You move the on-screen cursor
by sliding your finger along the surface of the touch pad. The buttons are located below the pad, but most touch pads allow you to perform mouse clicks by tapping on the pad itself. 4. Joysticks: Joysticks and other game controllers can also be connected to a computer as pointing devices. They are generally used for playing games, and not for controlling the on-screen cursor in productivity software. 5. Microphone: A microphone can be attached to a computer to record sound (usually through a sound card input or circuitry built into the motherboard).

Output Devices: 1. CRT monitor: The traditional output device of a personal computer has been the CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)
monitor. 2. LCD monitor: A flat panel display usually uses an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen to display output from the computer. 3. Laser printer: A laser printer produces good quality images by the same technology that photocopiers use. 4. Sound output: Computers also produce sound output, ranging from simple beeps alerting the user, to impressive game sound effects, to concert quality music.

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LSC 2143 Unit 6 Capture your favorite image The scanner is amachine that converts the printed text or pictures into electronic codes that can be read by the computer,but the digital camera takes photos electronically and converts them into digital data. On the other hand the camcorder , records moving picture and converts them into digital data that can be stored and edited by the computer

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Unit 7 Display screens and ergonomics

Displays, often called monitors or screens, are the most-used output device on a computer. They provide instant feedback by showing you text and graphic images as you work or play. Most desktop displays use Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) or Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) technology.

Basic features
Resolution refers to the number of dots of color, known as pixels contained in a display. A typical resolution is 1024x768. Two measurements describe the size of your display: the aspect ratio and the screen size. Inside the computer there is a video adapter, or graphics card, which processes images and sends signals to the monitor. CRT monitors use a VGA (video graphics adapter) cable, which converts digital signals into analogue signals. LCD monitors use a DVI (digital video interface) connection. Colour depth refers to the number of colours a monitor can display. This depends on the number of bits used to describe the colour of a single pixel.

Display technologies
An LCD is made of two glass plates with a liquid crystal material between them. The crystals block the light in different quantities to create the image. Video projectors which project the image onto a large screen. Plasma screen, images are created by a plasma discharge which contains noble (non-harmful) gases. A CRT monitor is similar to a traditional TV set. Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) are thin-film LED displays that dont require a backlight to function.

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LSC 2143 Unit 8 Choosing printer

Printing is the final stage in creating a document. There are different types of printers so you should take into account that printers vary in cost, speed, print quality, and other factors. Technology is evolving so quickly that there is always a printer for every application or need. Dot-matrix printers can print text and graphics; however they have low quality. They are also slower than laser printers but much cheaper. Inkjet printers are fairly fast, quite, and not as expensive as laser printers. Nevertheless you can still expect high quality because there are some inkjets that have high resolution. Laser printers are fast and have high resolution. In terms of speed and quality they are preferred by experts for various reasons; however, they are still expensive for home users. Thermal transfer printers are used to produce colour images; they are popular for printing bar codes, labels and medium-resolution graphics. Imagesetters produce very high-resolution output. In addition, they are extremely fast and they produce the highest quality output, the have one important disadvantage which is that they are very expensive. These are the different types of printers available in the market. This will help you decide whats most suitable for you.

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LSC 2143 Unit 9 Devices for the disabled

Human ingenuity and modern technology have combined to produce some wonderful advances in the field of assistive technology for the disabled. Unfortunately these advances come with some very large price tags. in this summary I'm going to explain some of these devices.

1. Textphone: Sometimes called a Minicom, is similar to a standard telephone. It plugs into your telephone socket at home, and has a keyboard and display that let you type and read conversations. 2. Pneumatic switch: Known as sip and puff, allows someone with quadriplegia to control the PC by puffing and sipping air through a pneumatic tube. 3. Eyegaze system: allow the user to control a virtual keyboard with his eyes. when they pause on a key for two or three seconds the key will be activated. 4. Braille keyboards: have Braille lettering on keyboard overlays, allowing the blind user to easily identify each key.

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