Peripheral Devices

Question 1

uses a small round ball to track moments and move the pointer across the screen

Answer 1

ball mouse

Question 2

Very old standard that defines everything about serial ports including how fast they communicate, the language they use, even how the connectors should look

Answer 2

RS-232

Question 3

This means the Zoom is built into the lens of the camera

Answer 3

optical Zoom

Question 4

Use LED or lasers and a camera to track their movements and thus move the pointer across the screen

Answer 4

Optical Mouse

Question 5

is used to convert data moving between parallel and serial devices and consists of a 9-pin DB connector and a chip that actually does the conversion

Answer 5

Serial Port

Question 6

A monitor with some type of sensing device across its face that detects the location and duration of contact, usually by a finger or stylus

Answer 6

Touch Screen

Question 7

The amount of information a particular model of camera or camcorder can capture

Answer 7

Megapixels

Question 8

electronically simulate older film technology and provide a tool for capturing a picture that can then be loaded on a computer and sent to friends

Answer 8

Digital Camera

Question 9

Resolution achieved by Scanners mechanically

Answer 9

Optical Recolution

Question 10

Another name for USB 3.0 (ten times faster than USB 2.0)

Answer 10

Superspeed USB

Question 11

This device scans and remembers unique aspects of various body parts such as your retina, iris, head image, or fingerprint, using some form of sensing device such as a retinal scanner

Answer 11

Biometric Device

Question 12

This device reads a UPC code which enables easy updating of inventory databases stored on PCs

Answer 12

Barcode Reader

Question 13

Defines the number of bits of information the scanner can use to describe each individual dot.

Answer 13

Colordepth

Question 14

also known as IEEE 1394, looks and acts much like USB

Answer 14

Firewire

Question 15

Cameras use this, accomplished by some very clever software in the camera to make an image larger

Answer 15

Digital Zoom

Question 16

Otherwise known as a pen tablet, this enables users to paint, ink, pencil, or otherwise draw on a computer

Answer 16

Digitizer

Question 17

The part of the host controller that makes the physical connection to the USB ports

Answer 17

USB Root Hub

Question 18

Bar codes read by Bar code readers to track inventory

Answer 18

Universal Product Code

Question 19

PC Cameras whose most common use is for Internet Video communication

Answer 19

Webcam

Question 20

The most common variety of scanner

Answer 20

Flatbed Scanner

Question 21

FireWire connection which runs at 800 Mbps

Answer 21

IEEE1394B

Question 22

The chip in a serial port that actually does the conversion between the serial data and parallel data

Answer 22

UART

Question 23

USB 2.0 standard that runs at 480 Mbps

Answer 23

Hi-Speed USB

Question 24

USB 1.1 standard that runs at 1.5 Mbps

Answer 24

Low-speed USB

Question 25

The default driver type for scanners (for a long time)

Answer 25

TWAIN

Question 26

USB 1.1 standard that runs at 12 Mbps

Answer 26

Full-Speed USB

Question 27

This number defines how many shades of gray the scanner can save per dot

Answer 27

Grayscale Depth

Question 28

An integrated circuit that is usually built into the chipset and controls every USB device that connects to it

Answer 28

USB Host Controller

Question 29

a hardware device that most commonly enables multiple computers to be viewed and controlled by a single mouse, keyboard, and screen

Answer 29

KVM Switch

Question 30

FireWire connection which runs at 400 Mbps

Answer 30

IEEE1394A

Question 31

A device that extends a single USB connection to two or more USB ports, almost always directly from one of the USB ports connected to the root hub.

Answer 31

USB Hub