Explain in Brief

1.What are the characteristics of a

computer?
• Computer is the powerful machine.
• It can perform large number of tasks.
• The main capacities of computer are
work length
✓ Speed
✓ accuracy
✓ diligence
✓ versatility
✓ memory and automation and lots of
more tasks.
2)Write the applications of computer.
• Education
• Science and Engineering
• Industry
• Recreation
• Administration
• Health
• Multimedia
• Banks
• Military personnel
• Business
• Commerce
• Publication.

3) What is an input device? Give two

examples.
✓ An input device can be defined as an
electro mechanical device that allows the
user to feed data into the computer for
analysis and storage and give commands
to the computer.
 Input device example

➢Keyboard
➢Mouse
➢Scanner
➢Fingerprint scanner
➢Track ball
➢Light pen etc…

4. Name any three output devices.

➢ Monitor
➢ Speaker
➢ Projector
➢ Printers
➢ plotter

5. Differentiate optical and Laser

mouse.
Optical Mouse Laser Mouse
Optical mouse uses red, Laser mouse uses only
blue green led. infrared led.
Measures the motion Measures the motion
and acceleration and acceleration
of pointer. of pointer
Optical mouse has three Laser Mouse uses Laser
buttons. Light
Optical mouse is less Laser Mouse is highly
sensitive towards sensitive and
surface. able to work on any
hard surface
6. Write short note on impact printer
These printers print with striking of
hammers or pins on ribbon. These printers
can print on multi-part (using carbon
papers) by using mechanical pressure.
For example:
➢ Dot Matrix printers
➢ Line matrix printers
➢ Impact printers.
7. Write the characteristics of sixth
generation.
• Parallel and Distributed computing
• Computers have become smarter, faster
and smaller
 • Development of robotics
• Natural Language Processing
• Development of Voice
• Recognition Software
8. Write the significant features of
monitor.
➢ Monitor is the most commonly used output
device to display the information.
A monitor is of two kinds:
❖ Mono-chrome.
❖ Display monitor.
❖ Colour monitor.
➢ A monochrome display monitor uses only
one colour to display text and colour display
monitor can display 256 colours at a time.
➢ An image on the monitor is created by a
configuration of dots, also known as pixels.
The clarity of image depends on three
factors which are as follows:
❖ Resolution of Screen
❖ Dot Pitch
❖ Refresh Rate
The popular type of monitors are as
follows:
❖ Cathode Ray Tube (CRT).
❖ Liquid Crystal Display (LCD).
❖ Liquid/Light Emitted Diode (LED)
❖ Visual Display Unit (VDU).