{"id":112205,"date":"2021-03-16T17:20:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T11:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?page_id=112205"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:31:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T09:01:47","slug":"computer-devices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/computer-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Basic Operations of a Computer \u2013 Input, Process and Output<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Input \u2013 The process of entering the data and instruction to computer for processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Process \u2013 It refers to processing in CPU on the data, as per the given instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Output &#8211; The process of output of the data from the computer system to user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Input Devices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keyboard \u2013 It is like a typewriter keyboard with 101 keys arranged in 5 groups as<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mouse &#8211; A pointing device used to position the pointer, to create graphics, for click and drag-and-drop. Ball or optical mouse is connected by PS\/2 port or USB port to computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scanners &#8211; It converts printed image to electronic form by using light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Touch Screens, Voice Recognition Devices are also some other input devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Output Devices<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monitor &#8211; It is similar to television giving a soft copy output. Earlier monochrome or Colour CRT monitors were used but now LED &amp; LCD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Printers &#8211; It produces hard copy output on paper like laser or inkjet printers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Storage Devices<\/strong><br>It is consist of primary and secondary memory.<br>Primary Storage Devices \u2013 It is internal storage and consists of cache, ROM &amp; RAM.<br>RAM (Random Access Memory) &#8211; It is read\/write volatile memory storing temporary data in MB.<br>ROM (Read Only Memory) &#8211; It stores data permanently which can only be read like BIOS.<br>Cache &#8211; It is used for speeding up the data supply to CPU and stores frequently used data in KB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondary Storage Devices \u2013 It is usually external storage and consists of disk and flash.<br>Hard Disk Drive \u2013 It is used for mass storage with direct access. It is non-volatile in sizes like 3.5\u201d, 5.5\u201d and 8\u201d. It has disk platters on a spindle, with read\/write head having 250-1024 GB capacity.<br>Optical Disk &#8211; Laser beam burns disk surface to write and low power reflected beam to read. It has speed rating or data transfer speed where 1X refers to 150 Kbps. CD-ROM and DVD are examples with 700 MB and 4.3 GB capacity. 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