Inputs

Question 0

DIGITISER

Answer 0

A single digital picture grabbed electronically from a TV, video or camcorder ready for further manipulation within a paint package.

Question 1

CAMERA

Answer 1

• Digital - Hand held device which captures real life onto film or digital media. Saves selected photographs in digital form. Easily transferred to computer for further enhancement or manipulation. Used like a normal still camera.
• Video - Digital input giving moving pictures - any of which can be captured as a still.

Question 2

DIGITISING TABLET

Answer 2

Very high quality mouse system.
Works on an electronic table which constantly updates the position of the puck (mouse) or stylus (pen) giving pinpoint accuracy.
Puck used for tracing line drawings.
Stylus used as a brush within painting packages.

Question 3

FAX MODEM

Answer 3

Similar to a modem but can also change the signal to suit general purpose Fax machines.

Question 4

GRAPHIC’S TABLET

Answer 4

Another name for the digitising tablet.

Question 5

GAME PAD

Answer 5

A specialist style of joystick.

Question 6

INTERNET

Answer 6

Used to transfer information between different organizations anywhere in the World.
Massive collection of information and graphics. Another name is the World Wide Web - WWW.

Question 7

JOY-STICK

Answer 7

A simple input which directs the mouse cursor. Nearly always used to control characters in computer games but can be used in many other applications.

Question 8

KEYBOARD

Answer 8

The most common input used to transfer text and numerical data by hand to the computer package.

Question 9

MICROPHONE

Answer 9

Digital input which converts sound and the voice to a signal that the computer can use with special software where speech is changed into typed text.
Now often used instead of the keyboard as the software types what is actually said.

Question 10

MODEM

Answer 10

An interface which converts the signal from the computer to one suitable to the telephone system.
The signal is then transferred and at the other end a second modem converts the signal back.

Question 11

MODEM

Answer 11

An interface which converts the signal from the computer to one suitable to the telephone system.
The signal is then transferred and at the other end a second modem converts the signal back.

Question 12

MOUSE

Answer 12

Digital input. Moves cursor around screen allowing menu selection. Easiest and quickest input for most graphics.

Question 13

PERIPHERAL

Answer 13

The name given to any part of an office computer system which is not within the main computer box.
Examples: Printer or Scanner.

Question 14

ROLLER BALL

Answer 14

Similar to an upside down mouse where the ball is moved using the fingers.
Biggest advantage is that it needs less desktop space.

Question 15

SCANNER

Answer 15

An external computer tool which electronically photocopies a picture and converts it into a picture ready for use in a secondary program - usually a paint package.
Flat-bed - a scanner, about the size of a large book, which can read a whole piece of paper in one go - accurate, high quality and quick.
Hand - a small hand held copier which has the advantage of being able to scan non-flat surfaces or smaller items - not nearly as accurate as a flat-bed.
Slide - a device specially designed to capture, at a very high resolution, slide pictures.

Question 16

TOUCH PAD

Answer 16

A replacement for the mouse where a finger, moving across the pad, will move the cursor.
The touch pad will also accept clicks in a similar manner to mouse clicks.

Question 17

TOUCH SCREEN

Answer 17

A monitor which, when touched by hand, will interface with the computer.
Often used in public places where the computer needs to be locked away.

Question 18

VIDEO DIGITISER

Answer 18

Scans moving film from a video camera or recorder. Stored as separate frames allowing selection of
individual frames.

Question 19

WWW

Answer 19

World Wide Web.
The international on-line information system.