Scans printed documents and sends them over telephone lines
What is fax machine
100
Sound output is called ________
What is audio
100
Makes a television a more satisfactory output device
What is HDTV
100
Drawings, photographs, and other visual images
What are graphics
200
Software that allows a computer to make music
What is MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
200
Photos taken by a traditional camera, drawings, or other printed documents can be digitized by using a __________
What is scanner
200
Allows the main computer CPU and memory to keep space free
What is video memory (VRAM)
200
Best device for transferring color images to paper
What is thermal transfer printer
200
Allows one computer to input data into another computer
What is modem
300
Shows a computer's video output on a screen or wall
What is data projector
300
Type of software used in most scanners to input printed text
What is OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
300
The _____________ creates the image you see on your computer monitor.
What is video adapter
300
Used to record moving images in digital form
What is digital video camera
300
Moving the mouse over a surface moves this on the screen
What is pointer
400
Converts analog videos to digital form and compresses them
What is video capture card
400
Give an example of how a handheld scanner is used.
What is to scan items in a store (for purchase), to conduct inventory, in a hospital to distribute medications to a patient (answers will vary)
400
Allows computer output to be read aloud
What is speech synthesis software
400
A lever that can be moved in all directions to move objects on the screen.
What is joystick
400
An instruction that tells a software program what action to perform
What is command
500
Consumes less power and produces better displays than current LCD screens
What is OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode)
500
Digitizing movies, pay-per-view events, and television shows and posting them on Web sites where people can watch them for free is an example of breaking this law.
What is copyright law
500
The four types of output
What are: text, graphics, video, and audio
500
Scientists use this input device to record many kinds of data such as humidity, air pressure, and temperature.
What is a sensor
500
These keyboards have been designed to reduce repetitive strain injury