CGC Chapter 6

Keyboards that include all the keys found on a typical virtual keyboard, as well as extra keys, such as function and navigation keys

Laptop keyboards

Which character recognition system is used for standardized multiple-choice testing?

Optical mark recognition

____ tags are tiny chips that can be embedded into almost anything and contain information used to track and locate lost pets; to monitor production and update inventory; to record prices, product descriptions, and locations of retail items.

RFID

what is ergonomics?

The study of human factors related to things people use (making technology safer to use health wise)

What sensors collect data about your hand movements?

VR controllers

The size, or ____, is measured by the diagonal length of a monitor's viewing area.

active display area

____ input devices convert sounds into a form that can be processed by the system unit

audio input devices

OMR, OCR, MICR are all types of ____

character and mark recognition devices

Printers connected to the internet that provide printing services to others on the internet are called ______

cloud printers

This indicates the monitor's ability to display colors by comparing the light intensity of the brightest white to the darkest black

contrast ratios

_____ connect to computers and project computer output and can control the computer with the use of a special pen.

digital whiteboards

Specialized devices with a large display connected to a computer projector that are widely used in classrooms and corporate boardrooms

digital/interactive whiteboards

The distance between each pixel is called ____

dot (Pixel) pitch

A dedicated, mobile device for storing and displaying e-books and other electronic media including electronic newspapers and magazines

e-book readers

The arrangement of keys on a keyboard, QWERTY reflects the keyboard layout by _______.

first 6 letters on the top row

What kind of specialized monitor is used for cell phones with screens that wrap around the edges of phone and for curved monitors whose edges wrap toward the viewer?

flexible screens

The most widely used audio-output devices are

headsets

_____ any data or instructions that are entered into a computer

input

___ printers use a technology similar to that used in a photocopying machine

laser printers

The most common card reader is the _____ card reader which reads encoded information stored on a thin magnetic strip located on the back of the card.

magnetic card reader

This reading device is used in banks to read the numbers on the bottom of checks and deposit slips

magnetic ink character recognition

The most widely used audio-input device is the ____

microphone

These screens can be touched with more than on finger, which allows for interactions such as rotating graphical objects on the screen with your hand or zooming in and out by pinching and stretching your fingers

multitouch screen

Two categories of laser printers are ____

personal and shared

Bar code readers use ____ embedded in them to read bar codes

photoelectric cells

The series of dots that for the image on the monitor are called ____

pixels

____ are special purpose printers that use output from graphics tablets or other graphical input devices that are typically found in architectural and engineering environments

plotters printers

What does the duplex feature of a printer do?

print on both sides at the same time

What is the aspect ratio of a display?

relationship between displays width and height

This penlike device typically used with tablets and mobile devices

stylus

___ printers are widely used with ATMS

thermal printers

A keyboard key, like Caps Lock, that turns a feature on or off is called a ____ key

toggle key

Type of keyboard that uses a touch screen as the input device

virtual keyboard

What keyboards are primarily used on cell phones and tablets?

virtual keyboards

_____ are specialized digital video cameras that capture images and send them to a computer for broadcast over the Internet.

webcams