COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS

COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A monitor is a ____ device.
A
Input
B
Output
C
Storage
D
Input, Output, and Storage
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Why is a monitor an output device? A traditional monitor is only used to display (output) information from a computer and provides no source of input. For this reason, a computer monitor is considered an output device.

Detailed explanation-3: -If we talk about output device then plotter, printer and monitor are output device but touch screen is not a output device. Touch screen is a output device and normally layered on the top of electronic visual display of information processing system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Typical examples of output devices are monitors and projectors (video), headphones and speakers (audio), or printers and plotters (physical reproduction in the form of text or graphics).

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