Week 12 Module

Intro Video

Welcome to Week 12. In the next lessons, we will learn what happens after the computer process information and sends it out to output devices, like the monitor and printer. Stay tuned.

The objectives for this lesson for 3-2 ( Basic Output Devices) will be as follows:

1) Distinguish between the 4 types of output. 2) Compare and contrast basic output devices. 3) Explain how visual display systems work. 4) Summarize printing technology.

In Chapter 4-1 (Specialized Input Devices), we will discuss the following:

1) Explain how sound cards process sound. 2) Compare and contrast traditional and digital cameras. 3) Compare and contrast digital cameras, scanners, and digital video cameras.

In Chapter 4-2 ( Specialized Output Devices), we will:

1) Distinguish between different audio adapters 2) Compare and contrast different printers. 3) Identify kinds of audio output.

Word Wall:
1) All-In-One- Printer. 2) Cathrode Ray Tube. 3) Impact Printer. 4) Liquid Crystal Printer, Nonimpact Printer. 5) Output Device.


"Characters such as letters, symbols, and numbers are called text" (Pearson, 2017).

"Drawings, photographs, and other visual images are called graphics" (Pearson, 2017).

"Sound Output is called Audio" (Pearson, 2017).

Once information is processed by the CPU, the information goes out in the form of images, video, sound, and text to output devices, like the printer or monitor.

"A liquid crystal display has two transparent surfaces that are placed on either side of of a layer of cells containing tiny crystals" (Pearson, 2017). "Electrical signals sent to the crystals cause them to form images on the surface" (Pearson, 2017).



The central processing unit is the brains of the computer. The CPU processes the input from keyboards, mouse, and digital cameras into output. There are 4 kinds of output. They are the following: text, graphics, video. and sound The output devices in which the information is displayed can be the monitor or printer. Computers process information in electrical pulses. Each electrical pulse contains an instruction received from random access memory. The clock speed of a CPU is measured in mega hertz or gigahertz. This means that a computer can process millions or billions of instructions per second. The instructions are carried to the CPU from RAM through electrical impulses.


Basic Input and Output Devices
Basic_Output_Devices.pdf
Vocabulary Handout For Introduction to Computers.pdf