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This document provides an overview of peripherals, including input/output devices and how they connect to computers. It discusses how analog data is converted to digital for processing and then back to analog for output. Peripherals can be internal or external and require device drivers and system resources to install and operate. When adding a new peripheral, its device driver must be compatible with the operating system and it may require both low-level device software and application software.
This document provides an overview of peripherals, including input/output devices and how they connect to computers. It discusses how analog data is converted to digital for processing and then back to analog for output. Peripherals can be internal or external and require device drivers and system resources to install and operate. When adding a new peripheral, its device driver must be compatible with the operating system and it may require both low-level device software and application software.
This document provides an overview of peripherals, including input/output devices and how they connect to computers. It discusses how analog data is converted to digital for processing and then back to analog for output. Peripherals can be internal or external and require device drivers and system resources to install and operate. When adding a new peripheral, its device driver must be compatible with the operating system and it may require both low-level device software and application software.
ports, wireless connections, and expansion slots 3. Input and output devices
4. Multimedia technologies AN OVERVIEW OF PERIPHERALS
Input is any data or instructions
entered into the memory of a computer. An input device is any hardware component that allows users to enter data or instructions. Commonly used input devices The mouse and The keyboard Output data that has been processed into a useful form. An output devices is any hardware component used to convey this information to the user.
Commonly used output devices
Monitor Printers, and Speakers Many input and output devices are peripheral devices that communicate with the CPU but are not located directly on the motherboard.
A peripheral device, also called simply a
peripheral, can be connected to the computer in an expansion slot, via a cable that connects to a port, or using a wireless connection CONVERTING ANALOG AND DIGITAL DATA Data is processed in one of two ways: Analog
Digital
Humans process data that is analog, in
the form of continuous up-and-down wave patterns of light and sound that represent data to the eyes and ears. Personal computers by contrast, process data that is digital and stored in one of two states: positive (on) and non- positive (off) The computer hardware and software then use analog- to-digital conversion to convert all analog input into digital values before processing the data. Example: All letters and characters entered into a computer via keyboard are converted to a binary code before being stored in the computer. To output the information, the computer performs the digital-to- analog conversion to convert the digital data back to analog form. INSTALLING PERIPHERAL DEVICES A peripheral can be internal (installed inside the computer case) or external (installed outside the case). A hard drive connected to the mother board via an IDE connector is an internal peripheral. By contrast, a digital camera connected to a FireWire port, a zip drive connected to a USB port, or a mouse connected to mouse port all are external peripheral. When you add a new peripheral to a computer, the hardware devices needs software in the form of a device driver or system BIOS; system resources, such as an IRQ, a DMA channel, I/O addresses, and memory addresses; and application software. Process of installing a new device 1. Install the device
2. Install the device driver
3. Install the application
software. When adding a new peripheral to a computer, consider the following: If the device uses a device driver the driver must be written specifically for the operating system installed on your PC. A peripheral might require different types of software to be installed. For example, a device such as a scanner could require a device that interfaces directly with the hardware device and an application software package the interfaces with the driver.