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Edexcel IGCSE Revision Notes

The document defines and describes various computer hardware components and peripheral devices. It explains that a CPU processes instructions, RAM stores the current running program, and a games console is designed specifically for gaming. Other items defined include keyboards, graphics tablets, scanners, optical mark readers, optical character readers, magnetic ink character recognition, smart cards, biometric scanners, microphones, monitors, pixels, resolution, LCD technology, dot matrix printers, inkjet printers, laser printers, thermal printers, printer buffers, spooling, DPI, embedded computers, trackballs, flatbed scanners, barcodes, digital cameras, webcams, speech recognition, graphics cards, actuators, and MIDI for music creation and playback.

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Edexcel IGCSE Revision Notes

The document defines and describes various computer hardware components and peripheral devices. It explains that a CPU processes instructions, RAM stores the current running program, and a games console is designed specifically for gaming. Other items defined include keyboards, graphics tablets, scanners, optical mark readers, optical character readers, magnetic ink character recognition, smart cards, biometric scanners, microphones, monitors, pixels, resolution, LCD technology, dot matrix printers, inkjet printers, laser printers, thermal printers, printer buffers, spooling, DPI, embedded computers, trackballs, flatbed scanners, barcodes, digital cameras, webcams, speech recognition, graphics cards, actuators, and MIDI for music creation and playback.

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CPU

Processes intsructions

RAM
Stores the current running program

Games console
An example of computer designed specifically
for doing one job

Q!R"#
"he most common type of $eyboard

Graphics tablet
Could be used by an artist to dra% directly onto
the computer

Scanner
Reads printed data into the computer

&MR
'nterprets pencil mar$s on a piece of paper
normally used for multiple choice tests

&CR
'nterprets printed or %ritten characters into
the computer

M'CR
Reads data printed using a special magnetic in$

Smart card
"he same shape and si(e as a magnetic stripe
card but stores data on a chip

)iometric Scanner
Ma$es a personal identification based on a
person*s uni+ue physical characteristcs

Microphone
An example of an input de,ice that con,erts
sound %a,es into a computer readable form

-.U
Another name for a computer monitor

Pixel
An indi,idual dot on a image

Resolution
/o% many pixels a computer monitor can
display

0C.
A flat screen monitor %ould use this technology

.otmatrix
"his printer is an impact printer

/ard copy
"he output from a printer is $no%n as a

'n$jet printer
Sprays in$ onto the paper is cheap to buy but
expensi,e to run

0aser printer
Uses light to ma$e patterns of toner on a drum1
"his drum then transfers the in$ to the paper2
and finally a heating process fuses the in$ to
the paper

"hermal printer
An example of a photo printer

)uffer
Used on a printer to store the next print job

Spooling
A +ueue of documents that are %aiting to be
sent to the printer

.P'
A measure of print +uality

!mbedded Computer
A tiny computer placed into a product and
designed to perform specific tas$s or functions
for that product1

"rac$er ball
An alternate input de,ice for a mouse used to
select commands from a graphical user
interface for people %ith restricted arm
mo,ements1

3latbed scanner
An input de,ice that scans flat objects one at a
time1

barcode
A machine4readable code that represents data
as a set of bars1

.igital camera
A camera that images rather than recording on
film1 &nce a picture has been ta$en2 it can be
do%nloaded to a computer and then
manipulated and printed1

ebcam
A camera that broadcast images through the
'nternet through a computer or %eb cell phone1

Speech recongnition
allo%s you to interact %ith your systems using
,oice commands

Graphics card
An interface card installed in the computer to
control ,isual output on a monitor1

Actuator
a mechanism that puts something into
automatic action

M'.'
3ormat for creating and5or playing music %ith
instruments using synthesi(ers and sound
cards1

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