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Hardware Types: Input, Output, Storage

The document categorizes and describes different types of hardware used in computer systems, including input devices like keyboards and mice, processing devices like the central processing unit, output devices like printers and monitors, and storage devices like hard drives, flash drives, and cloud storage. It provides examples of common input devices like scanners, output devices like speakers and headphones, and storage methods including magnetic tapes, CDs/DVDs, and SSDs. The purpose of these different hardware components is to allow users to input information, process and analyze data, output results, and store files both immediately and over longer periods of time.

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Hardware Types: Input, Output, Storage

The document categorizes and describes different types of hardware used in computer systems, including input devices like keyboards and mice, processing devices like the central processing unit, output devices like printers and monitors, and storage devices like hard drives, flash drives, and cloud storage. It provides examples of common input devices like scanners, output devices like speakers and headphones, and storage methods including magnetic tapes, CDs/DVDs, and SSDs. The purpose of these different hardware components is to allow users to input information, process and analyze data, output results, and store files both immediately and over longer periods of time.

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TRANQUILLITY SECONDARY SCHOOL

CAPE IT UNIT 1 MODULE 2 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS - OBJECTIVE 3

TYPES OF HARDWARE (Input, Processing, output and Storage Devices) - Purpose/Functions

Peripheral devices - Devices that are attached to the computer system.

INPUT DEVICES PROCESSING OUTPUT DEVICES STORAGE DEVICES


DEVICES
● keyboard ● Central ● printers (laser, inkjet, Primary
Processing dot matrix, 3D, Storage/Immediate
Unit (CPU) thermal) Access Storage
● Read-Only-Memory
● mouse ● projector (ROM) – stores the
data and
● microphone ● speakers
instructions that are
● Document scanner – scans ● headphones/headset needed for booting.
text and images into digital ● Random Access
form Memory (RAM) –
stores the data and
● barcode scanner – reads ● ear phones, earbuds instructions that are
the barcodes on products currently in use.

● Optical Mark Reader ● Visual Display Unit


Secondary
(OMR) – detects the black (VDU) - monitor
Storage/Auxilliary
and white marks on paper
Storage
eg multiple choice answers
● Magnetic tape –
● Magnetic Ink Character ● Plotter – used by used for archiving
Recognition (MICR) – reads architects to print files that are not
the codes on cheques in plans of buildings and currently being
the banking industry bridges used but needed in
the future
● Web camera/web cam ● Hard drive
● Floppy disk

● Compact Disk (CD)


● Digital Versatile
Disk (DVD)
● Blu-Ray

● Flash drives
● Memory card
● External hard drive
● Solid sState Drives -
SSD
TRANQUILLITY SECONDARY SCHOOL
CAPE IT UNIT 1 MODULE 2 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS - OBJECTIVE 3

● Cloud Storage

● Joystick – used for playing ● Touch screens


games

● Sensors

● Touch screens

● Optical Character Reader


(OCR) – scans text (only)
into digital form

● Biometric Scanner – scans


iris , finger prints, hand

● Graphics tablet

● Light pen

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