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Cambridge IGCSE ICT - Chapter 2 and 3 - Input & Output Devices - Storage Devices and Media

Input and output devices allow computers to receive input from the outside world and display or communicate output. Sensors convert real-world data like temperature, light, or motion into digital data for processing by computers. Common input devices include keyboards, mice, and touchscreens. Output devices display processed data or allow communication, like monitors, printers, and speakers. Storage devices preserve digital data for future use, with examples being hard drives, solid state drives, CDs, DVDs, and tape drives.

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Cambridge IGCSE ICT - Chapter 2 and 3 - Input & Output Devices - Storage Devices and Media

Input and output devices allow computers to receive input from the outside world and display or communicate output. Sensors convert real-world data like temperature, light, or motion into digital data for processing by computers. Common input devices include keyboards, mice, and touchscreens. Output devices display processed data or allow communication, like monitors, printers, and speakers. Storage devices preserve digital data for future use, with examples being hard drives, solid state drives, CDs, DVDs, and tape drives.

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Input and Output Devices

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Sensors
A sensor is a device that converts a real world property into data that a computer can process.

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• Real world measurements are collected as an
analogue signal from the sensor.
• A computer only understands digital signals.
• An ADC (Analogue-to-digital converter) is
needed to convert the signal so a computer
understands the signal.

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Magnetic Strip
Readers
• Magnetic Strip Readers
are used to read data
found on magnetic stripes
found on the back of
cards.

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Chip and Pin Readers
Chip and Pin Readers are used POS terminals to make a secure payment using
a debit or credit card.

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• Contactless Cards Readers are used by customers to
Contactless Cards pay for products at the POS without the need to enter
Readers a PIN Number using RFID technology. Transactions are
normally restricted to a small amount (up to £20)

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• RFID reads information stored on tags (small silicon
Radio Frequency chip that can be placed on a sticker) using radio waves.
Identification RFID tags can be attached to objects or
animals/people.

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Magnetic Ink Character Reader (MICR)

• MICR is able to read characters


printed in a special ink. These
characters are then converted into
a form which could be understood
by the computer

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Optical Mark Reader
(OMR)
• OMR is able to read marks written in pen or
pencil. The position of the mark is stored in
the computers memory.

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Optical Character
Reader (OCR)
• OCR scans text from hardcopies and
converts it into an editable form which can
be used and edited in a range of software
including word processors.

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• Barcode Scanners are used to scan bar codes which
Barcode Scanners contains unique information about a product including
price.

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Output
devices
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Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Monitor

• Use: As primary output display for


computers.
• Advantage: Cheaper than other
monitors and can be used with
light pens. Resolution is also very
good.
• Disadvantage: Size is bigger –
requires more desk space. Could
be a safety hazard if not correctly
supported.

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Liquid Crystal Display
(LCD) Monitor

• Use: Have taken over from CRT as


primary output display for computers.
Also primary output for monitors.
• Advantage: Smaller and lighter so less
desk space required. Consumes less
power and does not generate as much
heat as CRT monitors.
• Disadvantage: Resolution may not be as
good as a CRT monitor.

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In-Plane Switching IPS/LCD Monitor

• Use: IPS is generally used by creative


professionals (professional graphic
artists).
• Advantage: Has wide viewing angles by
altering the direction of the pixels
within the display. Colour reproduction
is better than other monitors.
• Disadvantage: More expensive
compared to other monitors.

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Light-Emitting Diode LED
Monitor

• Use: LED monitors are generally used


outdoors in store signs, destination signs
and billboards due to their level of
brightness.
• Advantage: LEDS produces better light
which improves the colour definition and
can be used outdoors in different types
of light. LED are also energy efficient and
can last along time.
• Disadvantage: More expensive compared
to other monitors.

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• Actuators are part of the control process – digital signals
Actuators are sent by the computer to actuator to affect or control
the real world.

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Storage
devices
and
media

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What is Storage?
• Secondary Storage devices ensures data
is stored permanently so that it can be
used again at a later date.
• Storage medium is the name given to the
device that actually holds the data.
• Sometimes the storage medium is fixed
i.e. magnetic coated disks build into hard
drive.
• Sometimes the storage medium is
removable from the device i.e. CD ROM
that can be taken out of the drive.

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Fixed Internal Hard Drive

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Portable Hard Drive

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Magnetic Tapes

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CD-ROM

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DVD-Rom

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Blu-Ray

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Solid
State

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• Backup means making one or more copies of your data in a different storage medium.
• Why?
1. You could delete a file by accident

Backup 2. Your computer could break down


3. Your computer could get infected by a virus which could edit data
4. Your laptop is stolen or becomes damaged.
5. Data could be corrupted by hackers.

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How are Backups
created

• Personal Backups:
1. Burning files to a CD-R
2. Copying files to an external hard-drive
3. Copying files to a USB
4. Copying the files to another computer on
a network

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How are Backups
created

• Business Backups:
1. Making copies of data very regularly (daily).
2. Using large-capacity media such as magnetic
tape
3. Keeping old copies of backups, just in case.
4. Automating the system so that nobody forgets
to do it!
5. Keeping backup media off-site (in case of fire
or theft)

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Past Paper
Questions
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