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CRT Monitor
Type of desktop monitor that contains a cathode-ray tube.
Data Projector
Output device that takes the text and images displaying on a computer screen and projects them on a larger screen so an audience can see the image clearly.
Display Device
Output device that visually conveys text, graphics, and video information.
Dot-Matrix Projector
Type of impact printer that produces printed images when tiny wire pins on a print head mechanism strike an inked ribbon.
Fax Machine
Output device that codes and encodes documents so they can be transmitted over telephone lines.
HDTV
High definition television; the most advanced form of digital television, working with digital broadcast signals, transmitting digital sound, supporting wide screens, and providing resolutions up to 1920 x 1080 pixels
Headphones
Audio output device that covers or is placed outside the ear.
Impact Printer
Type of printer that forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper by striking a mechanism against an inked ribbon that physically contacts the paper.
Ink-Jet Printer
Type of nonimpact printer that forms characters and graphics by spraying tiny drops of liquid ink on a piece of paper.
Interactive Whiteboard
Touch-sensitive device, resembling a dry-erase board, that displays the image on a connected computer screen.
Laser Printer
Type of high-speed, high-quality nonimpact printer that creates images using a laser beam and powdered ink called toner.
LCD Monitor
Desktop monitor that uses a liquid crystal display instead of a cathode-ray tube to produce images on a screen, resulting in a sharp, flicker-free display. Also called flat-panel monitor
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
Type of display that uses a liquid compound to present information on a display device.
Monitor
Display device that is packaged as a separate peripheral.
Nonimpact Printer
Type of printer that forms characters and graphics on a piece of paper without actually striking the paper.
Output
Data that has been processed into a useful form.
Output Device
Any hardware component that conveys information to one or more people.
Plasma Monitor
Display device that uses gas plasma technology, which sandwiches a layer of gas between two glass plates.
Plotters
Sophisticated printers that produce high-quality drawings such as blueprints, maps, and circuit diagrams using a row of charged wires (called styli) to draw an electrostatic pattern on specially coated paper and then fuse toner to the pattern.
Printer
Output device that produces text and graphics on a physical medium such as paper or transparency film.
Resolution
The number of horizontal and vertical pixels in a display device.
Speakers
Audio output devices that generate sound.
Thermal Printer
Type of nonimpact printer that generates images by pushing electrically heated pins against heat-sensitive paper.
Voice Output
Audio output that occurs when a user hears a person's voice or when a computer talks to the user through the speakers on the computer.
Soft Copy
Temporary output presented on a display device.
Hard Copy
Printed information that exists physically and is a more permanent form of output than that presented on a display device (soft copy). Also called a printout.