peripheral devices. device drivers a program to tell the system software how to work with that piece...
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Device Drivers
A program to tell the system software how to work with that piece of hardware
Some common device drivers are built in the system software (Operating System) e.g. keyboard and mouse drives
Plug-n-Play Devices
Devices designed such that Windows can detect them, install and configure the device driver automatically
For non plug-n-play devices, we have to install and configure the device driver manually.
Input Devices (3)
Scanning devices– Image scanner– Fax machine – scan image to bitmap– Bar code scanner – scan Universal Product Code
(UPC)– Magnetic ink character scanner (MICR)– Optical character scanner (OCR)– Optical mark scanner (OMR)
Input Devices (4)
Voice Input Device– Microphone – to receive the sound signal– Sound card – to convert the sound signal to digital
form– Use speech recognition software to recognize
human speech
Input Devices (5)
Handwriting Recognition Device– Need handwriting recognition software– Called natural input– Slow inputting speed
Output Devices (1)
Visual Display Unit (VDU)– Commonly called monitor
2 common types of monitor– CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitor
High radiation and bulky
– LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) monitor No radiation and slim
Output Devices (2)
Printer – to produce hard copy Laser printer
– to produce high quality output– resolution up to 2400 dpi (dot per inch)– use carbon toner, usually for black and white
printout, colour is very expensive
Output Devices (3)
Inkjet printer– produce good quality colour output– resolution up to 1440 dpi– use ink droplets to compose the image– The printer is much cheaper than laser printer but
the ink is very expensive
Output Devices (4)
Dot matrix printer– Use impact principle– Can print multiple (carbon) copies at a time, usually
use in printing invoices– The ink ribbon is cheap– Poor quality of printout
Output Devices (5)
Plotter– Drawing high quality image, use colour pens, can
draw smooth curves– Can print on large paper size, use roll of paper– To draw posters and maps– Use in CAD (Computer Aided Design)
Output Device (6)
Voice output devices– Sound card, to convert computer signals to sound– Speakers, to amplify the sound output
Storage Devices (1)
Floppy Disk (Diskette)– A flexible plastic circular disc– Packed in a plastic square jacket– Formatted to 1.44MB– Divided to many circular tracks– Each track is divided to many sectors– Use magnetic technology to store data ‘0’ or ‘1’– Random access– Slow accessing speed
Storage Devices (2)
Hard Disk– High storage capacity, over 100 GB– Hard metallic surface– Consists of several metallic disks– Data are stored in cylinder (a deck of tracks) (see p.86)– Use magnetic technology– Very high access speed– Random access
Storage Device (3)
Optical disk– CDROM, DVDROM, CDRW, DVDRW– Use optical technology, laser reflection on pits– ‘1’ will reflect the laser beam while ‘0’ does not– High storage capacity, 700 MB for a CDROM,
17GB for a DVDROM– Random access– High access speed
Storage Device (4)
Tape– Cheap– Sequential access– Use magnetic technology– Ideal for backup data, we need to backup and restore all
data– High storage capacity– Slow access speed– Group of records are stored in a block– Inter-block gaps are needed for stopping and starting the
read/write head.
Storage Device (5)
Other Storage devices – can be read/write Removable disks -Zip disk(100/250MB), super
disk(120MB), Jazz disk(1GB) MO disk Flash memory cards – compact flash, smart m
edia and memory stick, commonly used in digital camera
Network Devices (1)
Network Interface Card (NIC) (LAN card)– Connection between the network and the computer bus– Have built-in transceiver, for data transmitting and receiving– Usually 100 MB/s
Wireless LAN card– Usually 11 MB/s– Work within the distance range, and no blocking in between.
Network Devices (2)
Connectors RJ-45 telephone jack connector
– For connecting twisted pairs LAN cable
BNC connector– For connecting coaxial cables
Network Device (3)
Terminators– Use in bus network, to prevent signal rebounce and
echo at the ends of bus.
Network Device (4)
Hub– To connect the workstations within a room on same
floor Switch
– To connect the workstations for different floors in a building, it is faster and more efficient than a Hub.
Router– To connect different LANs together to form a Wide
Area Network (WAN)
Network Device (5)
Repeater– When a network spans a long distance, the signal
weaken, repeater is used to reproduce the signal.
Exchange– To boost the signals along the network path for a
Wide Area Network.
Network Device (6)
Computer– Different computers play different roles on a network
Server– Provide services to other computers connected to
the network, usually have higher processing power and larger storage capacity.
Workstation– The computers connected to the network but not act
as a server.
Network Device (7) - Servers File server
– control the sharing and access of files over the network, must have a huge storage capacity.
Print server– Manage the print jobs from different computers to different
network printers, and manage the print queues. Web server
– To host a web site and publish web pages on the web, support HTML, Java script, CGI, PHP and ASP web languages
Email server– To store, send and receive emails over the Internet
Internet server– To provide Internet access
Communication Device
Modem - Modulator-demodulator– It transforms digital signals of computer to analog
signals to be transmitted through telephone lines. (Modulation)
– It also transforms analog signals back to digital signals for the computer that receives the signals. (Demodulation)
Data/Signal Rate
Data Rate – Refer to the no. of bits per second sent
Signaling Rate (Baud Rate)– Refer to the no. of signals per second sent– Each signal may consists of several bits e.g. 101
Bandwidth– The frequency range of a particular media – is directly proportional to the data rate
Types of network
Client-Server Network– Some computers act as server to provide services to clients
on the network– Server programs are running on the server– Client programs are running on client computers
Peer-to-peer Network– Every computer plays the same role in the network. They
form a workgroup, no server and no client– The security in a peer-to-peer network is low.– It is easy to set up, since no server programs or client
programs need to be run.