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COURSE : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2. MOUSE

3. USES
• To control the movement of a pointer on the
screen when it is moved horizontally over a
flat surface.
• Buttons on the mouse let you select options
from menus and drag objects around the
screen.

4. ADVANTAGES
• Ideal for use with
dekstop computers.
• Usually supplied with a
computer so no
additional cost.
• All computer users
tend to be familiar with
using them.
DISADVANTAGES
• They need a flat space
close to the computer.
• The mouse cannot
easily be used with
laptop, notebook or
palmtop computers.
(These need a tracker
ball or a touch sensitive
pad called a touch
pad.)

5. KEYBOARD

6. USES
• The standard QWERTY keyboard is the
commonest way to enter text and numerical
data into a computer.
• Each individual key is a switch, which when
pressed, sends a digital code to the
computer.

7. ADVANTAGES
• Reliable for data input of
text and numbers.
• Usually supplied with a
computer so no additional
cost.
• Specialised keyboards are
available.

8. DISADVANTAGES
• Users may be slow for not
very accurate typists.
• Slow for accessing menus
etc. and difficult to use if
you want to move objects
around the screen.
• Difficult for people unable
to use keyboards through
paralysis or muscular
disorder.

9. DIGITAL CAMERA

10. USES
• Used to take photographs like a normal camera but produce
digital images instead of using film.
• The light passing through the lens is digitised by special light
sensitive sensors. The image is stored on memory chips in
the camera and can then be transferred to a computer.
• The resolution of such cameras is increasing rapidly and
professional models have become standard in photo-
journalism. Images are usually compressed as jpeg's to save
memory.
• Advanced models have removable memory cards to increase
the camera's storage capacity. Images can be transferred to a
computer by cables or memory card readers.

11. ADVANTAGES
• No film is needed and
there are no film
developing costs.
• Unwanted images can be
deleted straight away.
• Images are already digital
and can easily be
transferred to a computer
and edited or transferred
over the Internet.
• Special image editing
software can allow a huge
range of adjustments and
special effects to be tried.
DISADVANTAGE
• Images often have to be
compressed to avoid using
up too much expensive
memory.

12. FLASH DRIVE

13. USES
• The USB flash drive stores digital material of any kind,
be it videos, powerpoints, documents and etc.
• The storage of the USB flash drive in presented in
megabytes, gigabytes or terabytes.(MB, GB, or TB,
respectively.)
• The more bytes, the more storage. There are no public
USB flash drives yet that can hold over 1,023 TB.(1 TB =
1024 GB, 1 GB = 1024 MB, 1 MB = 1024 KB, 1 KB = 1024
B.
• One byte can hold any amount of bits, that depends on
the program, the file or the OS.

14. ADVANTAGES
• Faster read and write
compared to traditional hard
disk drives.
• Smaller size.
• Less prone to damage.
• Cheaper than traditional
drives in small storage
capacities.
• Uses less power than
traditional hard disk drives.
DISADVANTAGES
• Flash memory cells have a
limited number of write and
erase cycles before failing.
• Most flash drives do not have
have a write-protection
mechanism.
• Smaller size devices, such as
flash drives make them easier
to lose.
• Currently costs a lot more per
gigabyte than traditional hard
drives forlarge storage
capacities.
• May require a special version
of a program to run on a
flash-based drive to protect
from prematurely wearing
out the drive.

15. MICROPHONE

16. USES
• This is used for the input of sound which is
then digitised by the computer. The digital
audio can be saved for playback later on.
• The digital audio can also be used with voice-
recognition software to control hardware,
navigate a menu or input text into a word
processor. Voice recognition can also be used
in security systems.

17. ADVANTAGE
• Voice recognition software
can be used to convert
your voice into text or to
control menu options on a
phone system.

18. DISADVANTAGES
• Stored audio files can take
up a lot of memory.
• Voice commands can be
difficult to recognise by
the software.

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