Input, Output, and

Storage
What Kinds of Peripheral
Devices Would Suit Your
Needs?
Chapter 5
Student Learning Outcomes
1. List and compare eight input devices.
2. Define and describe four types of pointing
devices.
3. Compare and contrast inkjet and laser printers.
4. Define the three major technologies on which
computer storage is based.

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Student Learning Outcomes
5. Describe the three classes of CDs and the three
classes of DVDs that are available.
6. List and describe five types of flash memory
cards that are available for electronic devices
such as computers and cameras.

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 Introduction
In this chapter, we’ll discuss various input,
output, and storage devices designed to
meet the various needs and lifestyles of
people.
This chapter explores the features available
in these devices.

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What Peripheral Devices
Suit Your Needs?

Input Devices Output Devices Storage Devices

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 5.1 Input Devices
•Input device captures information and translates it into a form
that can be processed and used by other parts of your computer.
•Keyboards
•Pointing devices
•Game controllers
•Scanners
•Styluses
•Microphones
•Digital cameras
•Web cams

SimNet Concepts Support CD:

“Overview of Input Devices” and “Other Everyday Input
Devices”
p. 5.130 Fig. 5-1
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 Input Devices
• The keyboard is the most common input
device. Types of keyboards include:
• Wireless
•

•
 
Multimedia and one-touch access
                 

Portable keyboards for PDAs

             

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Keyboards”

p. 5.131 Fig. 5-2
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 Types of Input Devices

                   

             

p. 5.131 Fig. 5-2

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 Pointing Devices
• Pointing devices are mainly used to choose and
enter commands
• Pointing devices tend to have PS/2 connectors or
USB connectors
• PS/2 connector fits into a PS/2 port, which a small round
socket with small holes that fit the pins on the connector
• USB connectors fit into USB ports, and these are small
rectangular openings on the back or front of your computer,
or even on your keyboard or monitor

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Ports and Cables”

p. 5.131 Fig. 5-2
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 Pointing Devices
• Various pointing devices are available
• Types of pointing devices:
• Mouse
•Mechanical mouse
•Optical mouse
•Wireless mouse
• Trackball
• Touchpad
• Pointing stick

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Mice”

p. 5.132 & P. 5.133 Fig. 5-3 & Fig 5.4
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 Game Controller
• Game controllers are used mainly to play games
• Types of gaming devices
• Gamepads
•

•
Joysticks
Gaming wheels                    

             

• Force feed

p. 5.134 Fig. 5-5

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 Specialized Input Devices
• Other types of input devices include:
• Scanners
• Styluses
• Microphones
• Digital cameras
• Web cams

p. 5.135 Fig. 5-6

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 Scanner
•Scanner is a light sensitive device that helps you
copy or capture images, photos, and artwork

 
that exist on paper. Types of scanners include:
•Flatbed

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Scanners”
     
     
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 Styluses
• Stylus is an input device consisting of a thin
stick that uses pressure to enter information

 
or to click and point
• Styluses are used with:
•PDAs
•TabletPCs
•Graphics tablets
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
p. 5.135 Fig. 5-6      
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 Microphones
• Microphones are used to
input audio

 
• Three main types of
microphones are:
•Desktop
•Headsets
microphones
                   

             

•Directional microphones
• Speech recognition is
     
     

increasingly being included in

     
     
     

application software
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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 Digital Cameras
• Digital cameras are used to:
• Download images to a computer
• Post pictures to the Web
• Produce videos
• Resolution is measured in megapixels
• Higher the resolution, better the
image quality, but the more
expensive the camera

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Digital Cameras”

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 Web Cams
• Web cam is a video camera
that can be used to take images
for uploading to the Web

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 5.2 Output Devices
• Output devices take information
within your computer and
present it to you in a form that
you can understand
• Main output devices:
– Monitors
– Printers
– Speakers

SimNet Concepts Support CD:

“Overview of Output Devices”
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 Flat Panel Display Devices
• Devices with flat-panel displays
• Tablet PCs
• PDAs
• Cellular phones
• Desktop computers
                   

             

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 Monitors
• CRTs
• Flat-panel displays
– Gas plasma
– LCD (liquid crystal display)
• Passive matrix
• Active matrix
– Called TFT (thin film transistor)
– Separate transistor for every pixel

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Monitors”

p. 5.137 Fig. 5-9
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 Screen Talk
• Screen size measured as a diagonal line across the
screen – from corner to opposite corner
• Resolution the number of pixels displayed on the
screen (the higher the resolution, the closer together
the dots)
• Pixels (or picture element) dots that make up the
image on your screen
• Dot pitch is the distance between the centers of a
pair of like-colored pixels
• Refresh rate the speed with which a monitor redraws
the image of the screen, and is measured in hertz

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 Printers
• Inkjet – most popular
– Makes images by forcing droplets
through nozzles

• Laser
 
– Top speed is 20 pages per minute
                 

             

– Forms images using an

electrostatic process
– Prints between 3 and 30 pages per
minute

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 Printers - Cont
• Resolution of a printer is the
number of dots per inch (dpi) it
produces.

 
• Higher the resolution, better the
image, and usually the more
                 

             

costly the printer

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 Printers - Cont.

• Multifunction printer:
• Scan, copy, fax, and print
• Can be either inkjet or laser
• Cost less than buying
individual units
• Take up less desk space

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Printers”

p. 5.139 Fig. 5-11
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 Speakers
• A speaker is a device that
produces computer output as
sound

 
• Speakers are common
devices in computer systems                  

Examples include:              

• Built-in speaker
• Two-device set speakers
• Surround sound speakers

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 I•Can: Use a Computer Without
Neck and Shoulder Pain
• Computer work can lead
to physical problems
• Ergonomics – deals with
reducing discomfort
• Should sit up straight at
your computer

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 Using Your Computer:
Ergonomics and Health
• Position your screen about the length of your
arm away so that you look slightly down at it
• Your elbows, knees, and hips should form
right angles
• Your back should be at a right angle to the
floor
• Rest your eyes by looking away from the
screen frequently

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 Using Your Computer:
Ergonomics and Health
• Stretch your shoulders, back, arms, and
wrists at least every 30 minutes
• Stretch your hands downward and backward
frequently
• Always listen to your body when it tells you
that you’re uncomfortable and do something
about it

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 5.3 Storage Devices
• Storage device stores information to be
recalled and used at a later time
• Storage device consists of:
•Storage medium

•
•Storage device
 
Three major technology types for                  

             

information storage:
•Magnetic
•Optical or laser
•Flash memory

SimNet Concepts Support CD: “Storage Concepts”

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Storage Medium Terms

– Byte = 8 bits
– Kilobyte (KB) ≈ 1 Thousand Bytes
– Megabytes (MB) ≈ 1 Million Bytes
– Gigabytes (GB) ≈ 1 Billion Bytes
– Terabytes (TB) ≈ 1 Trillion Bytes
– Petabyte (PB) ≈ 1 quadrillion Bytes
– Exabyte (EB) ≈ 1 quintillion Bytes

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 Magnetic and Optical
Storage

p. 5.142 & 5.144 Fig. 5.13 & 5.16

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 Magnetic Storage Devices:
Internal Magnetic Hard Disk
• Magnetic storage devices can be
either internal or external
• Internal magnetic hard disks are
fixed inside the system unit
• External magnetic hard disks are
portable

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 Magnetic Storage Devices:
Internal Magnetic Hard Disk
• Internal hard disk is a magnetic
storage device with
• One or more thin platters that store

 
information sealed inside the disk
drive.
                 
• Read/write heads access the
             

information on surface
• Heads read information while copying
it from disk to RAM
• Heads write information when copying
it from RAM to disk

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 Magnetic Storage Devices:
External Magnetic Hard Disk
• External hard disks are
magnetic storage media which
are portable storage units that
you can connect to your
computer as necessary                    

             

• Great for backup storage devices

• Ability to transport your hard disk
from one computer to another

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Hard Drives
• Long term storage system
and application software
• Operating system and
application software are
copied from the hard disk
to memory
• Capacity measured in
gigabytes

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Floppy Disks and Zip Disks
• Removable magnetic storage
media come in two basic types:
– Traditional floppy disks
– Zip disks
• These storage media are useful for:
– Storing files for backup or security
purposes
– Transferring files from one computer
to another

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 Removable Magnetic
Storage: Floppy Disk
• Floppy Mylar disk
– Housed inside a hard plastic
casing
– Thin, flexible plastic disk
• 3.5 inch floppy disks
– also called floppies, diskettes,
floppy disks
– Holds about 1.44 megabytes of
information
• High-capacity disks
– Zip® disk

p. 5.144 Fig. 5.15

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 Removable Magnetic
Storage: Zip Disk
• High capacity plastic platter disk
– Called removable hard disks
– Provide a higher storage capacity than Mylar
disks
 
• Example - Zip® disk with capacity of 100MB,
                 

             
250MB, and 750MB

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 Optical Storage
• CDs
• DVDs
• Both are optical
storage and have
three formats:
– Read-only
– Write-once
– Read-and-write

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 Optical Storage Media
• Read-Only • Fully Read-and-
 CD-ROM Write
 DVD-ROM  CD-RW
• One-Time Writable  DVD-RW or
 CD-R DVD+RW or
 DVD-R DVD-RAM
 DVD+R

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 Flash Memory Cards
• Flash memory cards have
high-capacity storage
laminated inside a small

  
piece of plastic
• Flash flash memory cards do
                 
                 

not need a drive with moving

                      
             

parts to operate

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 Flash Memory Talk
• CompactFlash (CF)
• xD-Picture Card (xD)
• SmartMedia (SM) Card
• SecureDigital (SD) card and
MultiMediaCards (MMC)
• Memory Stick Media

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Flash Memory Card Readers
• Some devices have flash memory slots
into which you slide your flash memory
card
• Other devices can use an external
 
flash memory card reader in order to
transfer information                  

                      

• A flash memory drive is a flash memory

storage medium for a computer that is
small enough to fit in your pocket and
usually plugs directly into a USB port

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 5.4 Consumer Q&A

1. How Can I Tell How Many Megapixels My

Camera Should Have to Print Good 8 x
10 Photos?
2. What Type of Mouse Should I Get for
Gaming?
3. Are Flat Panels and Flat Screens the
Same Thing?
4. What Should I look for in a Scanner?

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 5.5 Key Terms
• CompactFlash card • Gas plasma display
• Dot pitch monitor
• Flash memory cards • Gigabyte
• Flat-panel display • Hard disk drive
• Floppy disk • Inkjet printer
• Gamepad • Input device
• Gaming wheel • Joystick

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 5.6 Key Terms

• Kilobyte • MultiMediaCard
• Laser printer • Output device
• Liquid crystal display • Photo inkjet printer
monitor • Refresh rate
• Megabyte • Resolution of a printer
• Memory Stick Media • Resolution of a
• Mouse screen
• Scanner
• Multifunction printer

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 5.6 Key Terms

• SecureDigital card • Touchpad

• SmartMedia card • Trackball
• Storage drive • Visible image size
• Stylus • Web cam
• Thin film transistor • xD-Picture Card
display monitor • Zip disk

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 Review of Concepts

1. Stacking Bytes
 If a gigabyte were a tree, how high would it
be?
2. Organizing Input and Output Devices

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 Hands On Projects
E-Commerce
1. Choosing a Digital Camera
2. Buying Books
 Can you find cheaper textbooks on the Web?
3. Renting an Apartment
 Do you have a pet?

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 Hands On Projects
Ethics, Security & Privacy

1. How’s My Driving? Just Pop Out the

Flash Memory Card!
 Parents can now review your driving once
you’re home
2. The All-Seeing Global Positioning
System
 Should you be trackable 24x7?

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 Hands On Projects
on the Web
1. Comparing Printers
2. Buying a Hard Drive
3. Ordering Photos Online
 How about a smart frame that changes
photos for you?

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 Hands On Projects
Group Activities
1. Exploring the Use of Web Cams
2. Researching DVD Recorders
 Want to copy TV shows to a DVD?
3. Multimedia Controller
4. Protect Your Computer from
Unauthorized Use
 Require a fingerprint check before your
keyboard will work

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