MAIN COMPUTER SYSTEM

THEME : COMPUTER HARDWARE

MAIN COMPUTER SYSTEM

~ MONITOR~

IS A COMPUTER DISPLAY THAT IS LIKE A TV MONITOR. A COMPUTER MONITOR IMAGE IS MADE UP OF PIXELS (DOTS). IN GENERAL, THE HIGHER THE RESOLUTION THE BETTER THE IMAGE. THE SMALLER DOTS PITCH (TYPICALLY FROM 0.25mm 0.31mm ), THE BETTER THE IMAGE.

PIXELS

~ MONITOR~

THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISPLAY SCREEN ARE:

STANDARD TELEVISION SET

AN

ORDINARY HOME TV THAT CAN BE USED FOR COMPUTER OUTPUT. BETTER RESOLUTION THAN TV MONITORS AND SOME ARE FLAT SCREEN. MADE UP OF 2 GLASS PLATES WITH LIQUID IN BETWEEN.

STANDARD COMPUTER MONITORS

HAD

LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS (LCD)

ARE

~IMAGE~

~KEYBOARD~

THE MAIN INPUT DEVICE FOR TEXT AND COMMANDS. THE KEY ARRANGEMENT SAME WITH AS TYPEWRITER CONTAIN STANDARD FUNCTION KEYS SUCH AS ESCAPE (ESC) CONTROL (CTRL) CURSOR MOVEMENT

KEYBOARDS COME WITH 3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PORT :

SERIAL

PORT PS/2 PORT USB PORT

~SPEAKER~

GIVE OUT INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF SOUND RANGE WIDELY IN QUALITY AND PRICE TYPICALLY PACKAGED WITH COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN SMALL PLASTIC BOXES WITH MEDIOCRE SOUND QUALITY. THE INTERNAL AMPLIFIER REQUIRES AN EXTERNAL POWER SOURCE KNOWN AS WALL WART

~MOUSE~

IS AN INPUT DEVICE USED TO CONTROL THE MOVEMENTS OF THE CURSOR OR POINTER ON A DISPLAY SCREEN. IT HAS RIGHT CLICK, LEFT CLICK AND DOUBLE CLICK TO FUNCTION AN OPTICAL MOUSE USES CAMERA TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL PROCESSING TO COMPARE AND TRACK THE POSITION OF THE MOUSE RATHER THAN A BALL AND ROLLERS USED ON PS/2 PORT MOUSE.

A SMALL LED (LIGHT EMITTING DIODE) PROVIDES LIGHT UNDERNEATH THE MOUSE HELPING TO HIGHLIGHT SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN THE SURFACE UNDERNEATH THE MOUSE IT DOES NOT REQUIRE MAINTENANCE OR REGULAR CLEANING.

~SYSTEM UNIT~

ALSO KNOWN AS BASE UNIT IT IS THE MAIN BODY OF A DESKTOP COMPUTER CONSISTING OF A METAL @ FIBRE ENCLOSURE CONTAINING THE MOTHERBOARD, POWER SUPPLY, COOLING FANS, INTERNAL DISK DRIVES, MEMORY MODULES AND EXPANSION CARD THAT ARE PLUGGED INTO THE MOTHERBOARD..

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