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Basics of

Computer
Science
third Lecture
Dr. Dalal N. Hamood
Computer - Output
Devices
Following are few of the important output devices
which are used in a computer.
• Monitors
• Graphic Plotter
• Printer
Monitors
Monitors, commonly called as Visual Display Unit
(VDU), are the main output device of a computer. It
forms images from tiny dots, called pixels that are
arranged in a rectangular form. The sharpness of the
image depends upon the number of pixels.
There are two kinds of viewing screen used for monitors.

O Cathode-Ray Tube (CRT)


O Flat- Panel Display
Cathode-Ray Tube (CRT)
Monitor
The CRT display is made up of small picture elements called
pixels. The smaller the pixels, the better the image clarity, or
resolution. It takes more than one illuminated pixel to form
whole character, such as the letter ‘e’ in the word help.
A finite number of characters can be displayed on a screen at
once. The screen can be divided into a series of character
boxes - fixed location on the screen where a standard
character can be placed. Most screens are capable of
displaying 80 characters of data horizontally and 25 lines
vertically. There are some disadvantages of CRT:
O Large in Size
O High power consumption
Flat-Panel Display
Monitor
The flat-panel display refers to a class of video devices that have
reduced volume, weight and power requirement in comparison to
the CRT. You can hang them on walls or wear them on your
wrists. Current uses of flat-panel displays include calculators,
video games, monitors, laptop computer, graphics display.
The flat-panel display is divided into two categories:
• Emissive Displays - The emissive displays are devices that
convert electrical energy into light. Example are plasma
panel and LED(Light-Emitting Diodes).
• Non-Emissive Displays - The Non-emissive displays use
optical effects to convert sunlight or light from some other
source into graphics patterns. Example is LCD(Liquid-Crystal
Device)

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