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The keyboard
The blinking vertical bar that indicates where the next character you type will display
What is the cursor? Back
Placed over a keyboard to aide the physically challenged
What is a keygaurd? Back
A type of keyboard that is not plugged into the system unit. Instead it communicates with a receiver attached to the system unit.
What is a wireless keyboard? Back
Keyboard shortcut for the Copy command
What is CTRL-C? Back
Type of keyboard shown below
What is an ergonomic keyboard? Back
Pointing Devices
The worlds largest manufacturer of computer mice
Who is Logitech? Back
A type of mouse that has no mechanical parts, uses light to detect movement, and requires no mouse pad
What is an optical mouse? Back
Type of input device shown in the picture
What is a trackball? Back
Type of input device shown in the picture
What is a pen? Back
Type of input device shown in the picture
What is a touchpad? Back
Pictures and Sounds
A camera that enables you to take pictures without film
What is a digital camera? Back
Type of video input device shown in the picture
What is a PC video camera? Back
A video camera that displays output on a web site
What is a web cam? Back
The capability of a computer to distinguish spoken words by recognizing a vocabulary of pre-programmed words
What is voice recognition or speech recognition? Back
The smallest element in an electronic image
What is a pixel? Back
Scanners and Readers
Type of input device shown in the picture
What is a bar code reader? Back
Type of input device shown in the picture
What is a pen or handheld scanner? Back
Software that converts text images into data that can be processed with WP software
What is OCR or optical character recognition software? Back
Used to scan documents such as exams and surveys, this type of device reads hand-drawn marks such as small circles
What is an OMR or optical mark reader? Back
Type of bar code used by the retail industry
Grab Bag
Any hardware component that allows users to enter data or instructions
What are input devices? Back
Technology for authenticating a persons identify by verifying a personal characteristic
What is biometrics? Back
Technology that enables a meeting between 2 or more geographically separated people who use the Internet to transmit audio and video
What is videoconferencing? Back
Type of input device shown in the picture
What is an iris scanner? Back
A rugged mobile device that is a combination PDA/bar code reader. It is used to take on- site orders and wirelessly transmit them back to the company
What is a data collection device? Back