COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
INPUTOUTPUT DEVICES
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|  |  input 
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|  |  output 
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|  | Either A or B
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|  | None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A speaker is an output device that produces sound through an oscillating transducer called a driver. The equivalent input device is a microphone. Speakers are plugged into a computer’s sound card via a myriad of interfaces, such as a phone connector for analog audio, or SPDIF for digital audio.
Detailed explanation-2: -loudspeaker, also called speaker, in sound reproduction, device for converting electrical energy into acoustical signal energy that is radiated into a room or open air.
Detailed explanation-3: -When speakers are connected to a computer (laptop, smartphone, etc.), the computer outputs information to be received by the speakers. This means that speakers, monitors, and loudspeakers are, by definition, output devices.
Detailed explanation-4: -A computer speaker is an output hardware device that connects to a computer to generate sound. The signal used to produce the sound that comes from a computer speaker is created by the computer’s sound card.