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Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Standard Television Set

The document defines and describes common computer hardware components including monitors, keyboards, speakers, the system unit, mouse, and printers. Monitors display visual output and use pixels, keyboards allow text and command input, and speakers output audio. The system unit, also called the base unit, is the main body of a desktop computer. Mice control cursor movement and have buttons to perform actions. Printers produce hard copies of electronic documents on paper in various types and qualities.

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Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Standard Television Set

The document defines and describes common computer hardware components including monitors, keyboards, speakers, the system unit, mouse, and printers. Monitors display visual output and use pixels, keyboards allow text and command input, and speakers output audio. The system unit, also called the base unit, is the main body of a desktop computer. Mice control cursor movement and have buttons to perform actions. Printers produce hard copies of electronic documents on paper in various types and qualities.

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MONITOR

computer display that is like a TV monitor


computer monitor image is made up of pixels (dots)

Standard
television set

Liquid Crystal
Display (LCD)

An ordinary home
television that can
be used for
computer output

These screens are


made up of two
glass plates with
liquid in
between

Standard
computer
monitor
Better resolution
than TV monitors

KEYBOARD

MULTIMEDIA
KEYBOARD

WIRELESS
KEYBOARD

The keyboard is the main input device for text and


commands.
The computer keyboard uses the same key
arrangement as typewriters.
It also contain standard function keys, such as the
escape, cursor movement and control keys.
Keyboards come with three (3) different types of
port such as:

SERIAL PORT
PS/2 PORT
USB PORT

SPEAK
ER

Speakers give out information in the form of sound.


Computer speakers range widely in quality and price.
Computer speakers are typically packaged with
computer systems in small plastic boxes with
mediocre sound quality.

SYSTEM UNIT
also known as a base unit
the main body of a desktop computer
MOUSE

an input device used to controls the movement of


the cursor or pointer on a display screen
It has right click, left click and double click to
function

PRINTER

device that produces a hard copy (permanent human


readable text or graphics) of documents stored in
electronic form that prints texts or illustrations on paper

Dot-Matrix printer
low-cost printer that
produces low quality

Ink-Jet printer

low-cost printer that


produces a mid-

Laser printer

uses a laser beam


to produce the

output
works like an automatic

quality output

most economical for


colour output

best quality output

speed of a laser
printer is typically
about 8 ppm (page
per minute).

typewriter
can also be used when
carbon copies of a
document are required

EXERCISE
1.
Look at the pictures given in Column A. Then, name the
components of the computer and state their functions

COLUMN A

COLUMN B
(name and function)

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