chapter 04: hardware for educators
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Teachers Discovering Computers
Integrating Technology in a Changing World
8th Edition
Chapter Four
Hardware for Educators
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Chapter Objectives
• Describe the system unit• Define the term bit and describe how a series of
bits are used to represent data• Identify the major components of the system unit
and explain their functions• Explain how the CPU uses the four steps of a
machine cycle to process data• Describe the four types of input as well as input
devices and pointing devices• List the characteristics of a keyboard and identify
various types of keyboards
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Chapter Objectives
• Differentiate among the four types of output
• Identify different types of output devices
• Explain differences among various types of printers
• Differentiate between storage and memory
• Identify types of storage media and devices
• Differentiate between CDs, DVDs, and BDs
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The System Unit
• System unit
– Boxlike case that houses the electronic components a computer uses to process data
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Data Representation
• Analog vs. Digital
• Digital
– Two states
• (1) on
• (0) off
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Data Representation
• Binary number system
• Combination of ones and zeroes represent characters
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Data Representation
• ASCII
– American Standard Code for Information Interchange
– Converting a keyboard stroke into a byte
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The Components of the System Unit
• The Motherboard
– Contains many of the electronic components
– Chip
• A small piece of semiconducting material usually no bigger than one-half-inch square and is made up of many layers of circuits and microscopic components that carry electronic signals
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The Components of the System Unit
• CPU
– Interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer
– Microprocessor manages most of a computer’s operations
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The Components of the System Unit
• The Control Unit– A component of the CPU that directs and coordinates most of the
operations in the computer
• Fetch - get the next instruction from memory
• Decode - translate the instruction
• Execute - carry out the command
• Store the result - write the result to memory
• Machine cycle
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The Components of the System Unit
• The Arithmetic/Logic Unit
– Performs the execution part of the machine cycle
– Arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
– Comparison (greater than, equal to, less than)
– Logical (AND, OR, NOT)
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The Components of the System Unit
• The System Clock
– Synchronizes all computer operations
– Each tick is called a clock cycle
– Faster clock means more instructions the CPU can execute each second
– Speed measured in gigahertz (GHz)
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The Components of the System Unit
• Memory
– Used to store data and instructions
• The operating system and other system software
• Application software
• Data being processed by application programs
– Bytes are stored at specific locations or addresses
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The Components of the System Unit
• Memory
– Size of memory is measured by the number of bytes available
– Volatile memory – contents are lost when the computer is turned off
– Nonvolatile memory – contents are not lost when the computer is turned off
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The Components of the System Unit
• Random Access Memory (RAM)
– The memory chips in the system unit
– When the computer starts, certain operating system files are loaded from a storage device into RAM
– Synchronous Dynamic RAM (SDRAM)
– Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM)
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The Components of the System Unit
• Random Access Memory (RAM)
– RAM Chips
• Smaller in size than processor chips
• Commonly hold up to 4 gigabytes of memory
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The Components of the System Unit
• Random Access Memory (RAM)
– Configuring RAM
• The more RAM, the more programs and files a computer can work on at once
• Software usually tells you how much RAM is required
• For an application to perform optimally, you usually need more than the minimum specifications
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The Components of the System Unit
• Read-Only Memory (ROM)– Cannot be modified
– Contents not lost when the computer is turned off
• Flash Memory– Type of nonvolatile
memory that can be erased electronically and rewritten on
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The Components of the System Unit
• Expansion Slots and Expansion Cards– Expansion slot
• A socket on the motherboard that can hold an expansion card
• Add new devices or capabilities to the computer
– Expansion card
• Circuit board that enhances functions of a system component and/or provides connections to peripherals
– Plug and Play
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The Components of the System Unit
• Removable Memory Devices– Flash memory cards
– USB flash drives
– PC Cards
– ExpressCard modules
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The Components of the System Unit
• Ports and Connectors
– Port
• Point of attachment to the system unit
• Usually on the back and front of the system unit
– Connectors
• Used to plug into ports – Male connectors
– Female connectors
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The Components of the System Unit
• Ports and Connectors
– USB
– USB 2.0
– USB 3.0
– FireWire
– Bluetooth
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What is Input?
• Any data or instructions you enter into the memory of a computer– Data – unprocessed items
– Programs - series of instructions that tells the computer how to perform a task
– Commands - an instruction given to a computer program
– User responses - responses to questions or messages from the software
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What are Input Devices?
• Any hardware component that allows you to enter data, programs, commands, and user responses into a computer
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What are Input Devices?
• The Keyboard– Typing area
– Numeric keypad
– Toggle keys
– Status lights
– Arrow keys - arrow control keys
– Function keys
– Specialized buttons
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What are Input Devices?
• Pointing Devices
– An input device that allows you to control a pointer on the screen
• Block arrow
• I-beam
• Pointing hand
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What are Input Devices?
• Pointing Devices
– Mouse
• One or two button mouse
• Scroll wheel
• Moving the mouse pointer
• Clicking
• Dragging
• Double-clicking
• Optical mouse
• Wireless mouse
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What are Input Devices?
• Touchpad and Pointing Stick
– Touchpad – small, flat, rectangular pointing device that is sensitive to pressure and motion
– Pointing Stick – pressure-sensitive pointing device shaped like a pencil eraser
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What are Input Devices?
• Pointing Devices
– Trackball
• Like a mouse, but the ball mechanism is on top
• Requires frequent cleaning
• Good when you have limited desk space
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What are Input Devices?
• Pointing Devices
– Joystick
• Uses the movement of a vertical lever
• Often used with games
– Wheel
• Steering-wheel type input device
• Used to simulate driving a car or other vehicle
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What are Input Devices?
• Pointing Devices
– Touch and multi-touch screens
• Monitor has a touch sensitive panel
• Used to issue simple commands or choose from a list of options
• Some models of desktop and notebook computers, all tablet computers, and many mobile devices have touch screens
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What are Input Devices?
• Optical Scanners
– Captures an entire page of text or images such as photographs or artwork electronically
– Converts the text or image on the original document into digital data that can be stored on a storage medium and processed by the computer
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What are Input Devices?
• Pen Input
– Users write, draw, and tap on a flat surface to enter input
– Stylus – small metal or plastic device that looks like a tiny ink pen but uses pressure instead of ink
– Digital pen – slightly larger than a stylus and provides more functionality
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What are Input Devices?
• Digital Cameras
– Allows you to take pictures and store the photographed images digitally
– Download, or transfer, pictures to your computer
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What are Input Devices?
• Audio and Video Input
– Audio input
• Entering speech, music, or sound effects
• Sound card
• Speech Recognition– Computer’s capability of distinguishing spoken words
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What are Input Devices?
• Audio and Video Input
– Video input
• Capturing a full-motion recording onto a computer and storing the video on a computer’s storage medium
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What is Output?
• Text
• Graphics
• Audio
• Video
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What are Output Devices?
• Any computer component capable of conveying information to the user
• Commonly used output devices– Display devices
– Printers
– Data projectors
– Facsimile machines
– Multifunction devices
– Interactive whiteboards
– Speakers, headphones, and earphones
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What are Output Devices?
• Display Devices
– Screen housed in a plastic or metal case
– Variety of sizes
– Cathode ray tube (CRT)
– Pixels
– Flat-panel displays
• LCD (liquid crystal display) monitors
• LCD screens
• Plasma monitors
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What are Output Devices?
• Plasma Monitors
– Some can measure more than 150 inches wide
– Uses gas plasma technology, which sandwiches a layer of gas between two glass plates
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What are Output Devices?
• Monitor Quality
– Resolution (sharpness and clarity)
• Expressed as number of columns and rows– 1600 x 1200
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What are Output Devices?
• Televisions
– iPad users can stream their music, photos, and videos wirelessly to a display device using AppleTV and AirPlay
– With game consoles, such as Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Nintendo’s Wii, and Sony’s PlayStation 3, the output device often is a television
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What are Output Devices?
• Printers
– An output device that produces text and graphics on a physical medium such as paper or transparency film
– Hard copy (printout)
– Portrait orientation vs. landscape orientation
– Printing requirements vary
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What are Output Devices?
• Nonimpact Printers
– Do not strike paper
– Much quieter
– Ink-jet printers
• Spray tiny drops of ink onto the paper
• Both black-and-white and color
– Photo printers
• Produce photo lab quality pictures
• Many use ink-jet technology
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What are Output Devices?
• Nonimpact Printers
– Laser printers
• High-speed, high-quality nonimpact printer
• Very high quality resolution
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What are Output Devices?
• Data Projectors
– Allows an audience to view output
– LCD projectors
– Digital light processing (DLP) projector
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What are Output Devices?
• Facsimile (Fax) Machine
– Used to transmit and receive an image of a document over a telephone line
– Stand-alone
– Fax modem
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What are Output Devices?
• Multifunction Devices
– Can print, scan, copy and fax
– Less space
– Lower cost than separate units
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What are Output Devices?
• Interactive whiteboards– Touch-sensitive device,
resembling a dry-erase board
– A presenter controls the computer program used to display the image by:
• Clicking a remote control
• Touching the whiteboard
• Drawing on or erasing the whiteboard
• Writing on a special tablet
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What are Output Devices?
• Speakers, Headphones, and Earphones– Voice output
– Audio output device
– Internal speaker
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What is Storage?
• The media on which data, instructions, and information are kept
• The devices that record and retrieve data, instructions, and information
• Similar to a filing cabinet
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Storage Media and Devices
• Storage medium
– Also called secondary storage
– Physical material
• Storage device
– Mechanism used to record and retrieve these items to and from a storage medium
– Capacity measured in megabytes or gigabytes
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Storage Media and Devices
• Magnetic Disk
– Uses magnetic patterns to store data, instructions, and information on the disk’s surface
– Formatting is the process of preparing a disk for reading and writing by organizing the disk into storage locations called tracks and sectors
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Storage Media and Devices
• Hard Disks– Provide large storage
capacity
– Sizes range from 320 GB to 1.5 TB
– Consists of several inflexible, circular disks, called platters
– Magnetic storage device
– Formatting
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Storage Media and Devices
• Miniature and Portable Hard Disks
– Miniature hard disks are found in consumer electronics and have greater storage capacities than flash memory
– External hard disks connect to a USB or FireWire port by a cable
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Storage Media and Devices
• Solid State Drives
– A storage device that typically uses flash memory to store data, instructions, and information and contains no moving parts
– Range in size
– Used in all types of computers
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Storage Media and Devices
• Optical discs
– Type of storage medium that consists of a flat, round, portable disc made of metal, plastic, and lacquer that is written to and read from using a laser
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Storage Media and Devices
• CDs and DVDs
– Optical storage media
– Used to distribute software
– Laser reads pits on the surface
– Used on multimedia computers
– Several types
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Storage Media and Devices
• Care of Optical Discs
– Can last up to 100 years if properly cared for
– Never bend a disc
– Avoid extreme temperatures and humidity
– Keep away from contaminants
– Do not stack or touch discs
– Use a protective case (jewel box or disc storage case)
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Storage Media and Devices
• CD-ROM
– Compact disc read-only memory
– Can contain text, graphics, video, as well as sound
– Can hold up to 1 GB
– Used to distribute software
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Storage Media and Devices
• CD-R and CD-RW
– Compact disc-recordable
• Can write on each part of the disc only one time
• Cannot be erased
– Compact disc-rewriteable
• Can write on multiple times
• Erasable disc
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Storage Media and Devices
• DVD and BD– Digital video disc read-only memory (DVD-ROM)
• Can store from 4.7 GB to 17 GB
• High quality
• DVD-ROM drives
– BD (Blu-ray Disc) has storage capacities of 100GB, with expectations of exceeding 200 GB
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Storage Media and Devices
• Miniature Mobile Storage Media
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Storage Media and Devices
• USB Flash Drive – Storage device that plugs into a USB port on a computer or
mobile device
• Smart Card– Similar in size to a credit card– Stores data on a thin microprocessor embedded in the
card
• Cloud Storage– Rapidly growing Internet service that provides storage to
computer users– Apple’s iCloud
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Chapter Summary
• Describe the system unit• Define the term bit and describe how a series of bits
are used to represent data• Identify the major components of the system unit
and explain their functions• Explain how the CPU uses the four steps of a machine
cycle to process data• Describe the four types of input as well as input
devices and pointing devices• List the characteristics of a keyboard and identify
various types of keyboards
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Chapter Summary
• Differentiate among the four types of output
• Identify different types of output devices
• Explain differences among various types of printers
• Differentiate between storage and memory
• Identify types of storage media and devices
• Differentiate between CDs, DVDs, and BDs
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Teachers Discovering Computers
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Chapter Four Complete
Hardware for Educators