Colour depth Would affect the quality of an image produced by a scanner
A dedicated Dedicated devices are computers such as ATMs, point-of-sale
device devices (that is, tills and card machines) and even fridges and air-
conditioners.
GPS Technology that determines current position.
Lumen Unit for measuring light output – typically describes the output of
an LCS projector.
UPS Device that is used to protect computers against power surges.
HDMI Type of port that sends high-definition video and sound to a
monitor.
Plug-and-play Series of technologies about how a peripheral communicates
with the computer when connected to it.
Driver Software used to control a specific hardware device.
The export The export option on the File tab can be used to convert Word
option documents to other formats
CSV files CSV files are also text files where data items are separated with a
comma.
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Special paste The special paste option can be used to paste links from other
option documents.
A section A section is a part of a document where the page formatting
differs from the rest of the document.
An Determines the way the device is held or moved. (Determine how
accelerometer in many steps you take)
a smartphone
Wireless output Wireless output devices use Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or near-field
devices communication (NFC) to communicate with the computer.
DEVICE DRIVERS Device drivers are software programs that are separate from the
device. Most operating systems also have a set of standard
device drivers installed for things such as computer mice,
keyboards and hard drives (internal and external). These devices
are often referred to as plug-and-play devices.
OCR OCR stands for optical character recognition and it is a software
program designed to convert printed characters (such as those
on a hard copy document) into digital text. OCR is most
commonly found in specialised scanners used for archiving or
document management.
INFORMATION PROCESSING CYCLE
INPUT In the input stage, the data is entered into the computer.
PROCESSING The central processing unit (CPU) inside the computer then takes
that binary code and does the calculations needed to get that
data to display in a way that makes sense to the user.
STORAGE Storage is where the computer takes the input and stores it in its
memory banks.
WAYS TO STORE THE DATA
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