Topic A - Digital Devices in IT Systems Flashcards
What is a multifunctional devices?
A device that is capable of performing more than one specific function as well as inputting and outputting data. It is known as multifunctional peripherals and MFD.
What are touchscreens used for?
They are used on tablet devices to allow users to input without a separate keyboard or mouse.
What is a multifunctional printer?
A device that usually combines printing, scanning and faxing functions all into a single device.
Where are multifunctional printers used at?
They are popular for use in home offices for people who work from home and do not have the spaces or money for three separate devices.
What are examples of a multifunctional devices?
Multifunctional printers, touchscreens, force feedback game controllers.
What are force feedback game controllers?
They are used on games consoles to allow you to control the game and receive vibration output.
Give an example of a vibration output on a games console?
Rumbling in a car game when you go off track or fighting game when you are hit.
Personal computers?
Small and inexpensive computers used by individual users such as desktops.
How are PCs able to perform common tasks?
By installing a new software application to ensure that the computer become capable of performing a new function.
What 3 things do PCs contain?
Individual processors
RAM
Hard disk components with expansion ports.
What additional capabilities can be upgraded on a PC?
Replacing hard disk, more storage or adding a graphics card to an expansion port, improves graphics processing power.
How are PCs used in workplace?
Word processing, desktop publishing, spreadsheets, database management systems, creative tasks (music, film editing).
How are PCs used in personal lives?
Accessing internet, surfing the web or email, gaming which most likely require a expensive graphic card.
What is a digital device?
Piece of physical equipment that uses digital data, such as sending, receiving, storing or processing it.
What 9 types of digital devices are there?
- Personal computers
- Mobile devices
- Servers
- Entertainment systems
- Navigation systems
- Multifunctional devices
- Digital cameras
- Data capture and collections systems
- Communication devices and
systems
What is a an entertainment systems?
Computing devices that are designed to entertain for watching TVs or films, listening to music and playing video games.
Advantages of an entertainment systems?
Good hard disk storage for storing TV or films, music and games.
Built in internet connectivity capabilities such as WiFi.
Access to streaming and online gaming services.
Give 3 example of an entertainment systems?
Digital media players
MP3 players
Video game consoles
What is the use of portable media players?
Portable media players can be used to download media to device and are played off hard disk.
What is the use of MP3 players?
Used to access and listen to music on a small portable device.
What is the use of MP4 players?
They are the same as MP3 players but can be used to watch videos as well.
What is the use of video game consoles?
Allow you to play video games.
Can use the internet to play games online with people globally.
What are navigation systems?
A digital devices that uses GPS (Global Positioning System) to provide a real time map of our current location, allowing us to plan a route to be directed to a chosen destination.
What is an example of navigation systems?
In car satnav