COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS
COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICES
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Analogue
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Actuator
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Sensor
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sensor is an input device which provides an output (signal) with respect to a specific physical quantity (input). It is the device which provides input to a main control system (like a Processor or a Microcontroller). It can also defined as a device that converts signals from one energy domain to electrical domain.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sensor Device is a type of input device which do some processing and generates output. The other meaning of sensor device is that it is a type of device which convert signals from one source of energy to the electrical domain.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is a sensor? A sensor is a device that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The input can be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure or any number of other environmental phenomena.
Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of automatic input devices are: Barcode readers. Optical mark reader (OMR) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)