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2 Input and Output Devices

This document discusses various input and output devices. It describes inkjet printers, laser printers, and dot matrix printers and their uses. It also discusses potential security issues with contactless payment cards, including that they can be read accidentally and small amounts are typically limits for withdrawals. Input devices mentioned include keyboards, scanners, barcode readers, and various printers. Output devices listed include monitors, plotters, and printers.

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2 Input and Output Devices

This document discusses various input and output devices. It describes inkjet printers, laser printers, and dot matrix printers and their uses. It also discusses potential security issues with contactless payment cards, including that they can be read accidentally and small amounts are typically limits for withdrawals. Input devices mentioned include keyboards, scanners, barcode readers, and various printers. Output devices listed include monitors, plotters, and printers.

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2 Input and output devices

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a inkjet printer, one from:
• small number of high-quality documents
• photographs.
3D printer, one from:
• physical prototypes (CAD/CAM)
• physical models (from blueprints)
• medical applications (prosthetics, drugs, etc.).
b EITHER laser printer, plus one from:
• uses toner/powdered ink
• uses positive/negative charged drums
• no moving head
• faster printing
• high volume possible.
OR dot matrix printer, plus one from:
• impact printer
• head (matrix of pins) strikes a coloured or black ribbon
• very slow and low-quality printing
• cannot print quality graphics or photos
• can use continuous stationery
• can make carbon copies
• capable of working in damp, dusty or dirty atmospheres.

2 Three from:
• cards can be read accidentally
• only small amounts (up to around $50) can be withdrawn at a time
• more chance of fraud if a card is lost or stolen
• not everyone will have a contactless card
• devices can read cards wirelessly and steal money.

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a (c) keyboard
b (d) scanner
c (a) reading barcodes
d (e) dot matrix printer
e (a) (graph) plotter
f (b) laser printer
g (c) heat
h (a) CRT monitor
i (e) mouse
j (e) (graph) plotter

4.
5.

a QR code
b OMR
c sensor
d microphone
e scanner
f remote control
g RFID reader
h laser printer
i dot matrix printer
j mouse

6ai
• The camera in a smartphone or tablet is used to capture an image of the QR code.
• An app in a smartphone/tablet interprets the QR code.
• If it is a web address, browser software automatically reads data generated by
the app.
ii • advertising (email addresses, website addresses, phone numbers, etc.)
• links to apps to allow easy downloads
• Wi-Fi authentication
• augmented reality (position and objects in VR world)
• virtual online stores.
b Advantages, two from:
• holds more information than barcodes
• fewer errors than with barcodes (QR codes have built-in error-checking systems)
• easier to read (do not need expensive laser or LED scanners, unlike barcodes)
• easier to transmit QR codes as text or image
• can encrypt QR codes.
Disadvantages, two from:
• more than one QR format is available
• can be used to transmit malicious codes (known as attagging)
• anyone can generate QR codes using many free apps.
c When an item from the screen is selected by touching it, this is the touch screen
acting
as an input device. The result of selection can produce another page which is
shown on the
screen, therefore it is now acting as an output device.

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a Keyboard – input data into a spreadsheet or word processor
b Driving wheel – used in simulators; joystick – used in video/computer games
c QR code reader – advertising websites or a company website
d Barcode reader – used in supermarkets to hold details of items
e Microphone – intruder alarm system; voice activation (for example, in cars)
f Touch screen – selections from a menu
g 3D printer – for example, producing solid objects during development,
prosthetics and for
medical uses
h Dot matrix printer – in pay slips where continuous stationery and carbon copies
are needed
i RFID – for example, livestock or packet tracking, passports or admission passes
at a theme park
j Chip and PIN reader – payments at a restaurant (for example, where PIN needs to
be typed in to match the one stored on the chip in the card)
b Digital camera (or camera card reader) connected to the computer as an input, to
transfer the camera's image files to the computer for storage and use. Printed
photographs put through a scanner that is connected to computer as an input device,
to create digital image files to be stored and used.
10.

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