FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS

COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which one of these are input devices?
A
Mouse
B
Photocopier
C
Keyboard
D
Monitor
E
Printer
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -An input device in computing is a piece of computer hardware equipment used to supply a data processing system including a computer or information appliance with control and data signals. Keyboards, scanners, mouses, joysticks and digital cameras are examples of input devices.

Detailed explanation-2: -A standard output device is the computer monitor, which displays text, images, and user interface elements by lighting up thousands of pixels with different colors.

Detailed explanation-3: - Keyboard and Mouse are input devices. Monitor, Speakers and Printer are output devices. Any device has to be connected to the CPU to receive or send information.

Detailed explanation-4: -Monitor is an output device which is used for producing soft-copy output. It is also known as VDU i.e. Visual Display Unit. It forms images from tiny dots, called pixels that are arranged in a rectangular form.

Detailed explanation-5: -Detailed Solution Monitor is NOT an Input device. The device which provides any piece of information from a computer into human-readable form is known as the Output device. Monitor, Speakers, Headphones etc are examples of Output devices.

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