Data Processing Chapter 5
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- Standard for most of today's monitors, using a suggested resolution of 800X600, 1024X768, and having the ability to display up to 16 milion possible colors.
- super video graphics aray
- Most of today'ws monitors are _________ and they provide a much better, flicker-free image.
- non-interlaced
- An output device that produces text and graphics on a physical medium such as paper or transperancy film.
- printer
- Takes the image that displays on a computer screen and projects it onto a screen so that an audiance of people can see the image clearly
- data rojector
- Allows only you to hear sound from the computer
- headset
- Programs that encourage manufacturers to create energy-efficient devices that require little power when they are not in use.
- EBERGY-STAR program
- Forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper by striking a mechanism against an ink ribbon that physically contacts the paper.
- Impact Printer
- In a color monitor, three dots- one ____, one ____, one ____- are combined to make up each pixel.
- red, blue, green
- A standard printer language designed to support the fonts and layout used in standard office documents.
- PCL (Printer Language Control)
- Components of a computer that produce music, speech, or other sounds, such as beeps.
- Audio output devices
- Powdered ink packaged in a cartridge
- toner
- A color printer designed to produce lab quality pictures from any image that has been scanned or taked with a digital camera.
- snapshot printer
- A monitor with higher resolution displays a greater number of pixels which provides a _______ image.
- smoother
- Performs the processing and then sends the output back to the dumb terminal
- Host computer
- Hardsopy that can be printed in portriate or landscape orientation.
- printout
- Transmits computer-prepared documents, such as a word processing letter, or documents that have been digitized with a scanner or digital camera.
- Fax Modem
- In recent years, _____________ have replaced many intelligent terminals.
- Personal Computers
- The goal of egonomics is to incorporate ______, _______, ______ into the design of items in the workplace.
- comfort, safety, efficiency
- The super Video Graphics Arrat (SVGA) stndard has ___ ______ possible simultaneous colors.
- 16 million
- A device that performs both input and output because it consists of a monitor, a keyboard, and a video card
- Terminal
- As iwth other types of memory, VRAM is measured in ________.
- Megabytes
- If the Web is worked on or multiple applications are used at one time, a user should invest in at least a ___ inch monitor
- 17
- A self-service banking machine attached to a host computer through a telephone network.
- ATM
- The size of a monitor is measured ________________.
- Diagionally from corner to corner
- Used to record purchases at the point where the consumer purchases the product or service
- Point-of-Sale (POS) terminal
- The POS terminal used in grocery stores is a comination of an electronis cash register and a _________
- Bar code reader
- Electromagnetic radiation is greatest at the ____ and ____ of a monitor.
- sides and back
- A high-speed, high-quality non impact printer
- laser printer
- A letter, number, punctuation mark, ot any oyher symbol that requires one byte of computer storage space.
- Character
- The speed of a dot-matrix printer is measured by the number of ____________ it can print.
- characters per second
- A lightweight thin screen that consumes less power than a CRT monitor. (Two common types: LCD, Gas Plasma)
- flat-panel display
- Many impact printers produce ______ print, which is used for such jobs as mailing labels, envelopes, ot invoices.
- Near Letter Quality (NLQ)
- Because of their reasonable cost and letter-quality print, ____ printers have become the most popular type of color printers for use in the home.
- ink-jet
- A display device that consists of a screen housed in a plastic or metal case.
- CRT monitor
- Sharpness or clarity
- resolution
- Converts digital output into an analog video signal that is sent through a cable to the monitor.
- video-card or graphics card
- A type of non-impact printer that forms characters and graphics by spraying tiny drops of liquid ink onto a piece of paper.
- ink-jet printer
- The primary advantage of a multifunction device is that ___________________.
- If the machine breaks down, you lose all four funstions
- Printer resolution is measured by the number of _______.
- Dots Per Inch (DPI)
- The speed of an in-jet printer is measured by the number of ______ it can print.
- Pages per minute
- While laser printers typically cost more than _______ printers, they are faster.
- ink-jet
- When printing a document, laser printers process and store ____________ before they actually print it.
- the entire page
- Some portable printers use ______ technology, while others use thermal or thermal wax-transfer
- Ink Jet
- A measure of image clarity. Distance between the pixels
- dot pitch
- The speed at which the monitor redraws images on the screen.
- refresh rate
- Two commonly used audio output devices are ______ and ______.
- Speakers and Headsets
- LCS monitors use ___ _____ _____ rather that traditional CRT monitors.
- liquid crystal display
- In windows, the resolution and other monitor characteristics can be changed using the _____ _____ dialog box.
- Display Properties
- A ________ transmits computer-prepared documents, such as a word processing letter, ot documents that have been digitized with a scanner or digital camera.
- fax modem
- If ____ software is available, documents received through a fax modem can be edited.
- OCR