POIT Lesson 6 Peripherals notes

• Peripherals: Devices that provide the computer with input or output
• mouse input-optical or laser mouse 
• Keyboard-input device that simply sends a symbol of what to do sends info
• monitor output-CRT or CRT TV tube screens it can be a input if it is a touch screen
• printer output-high capacity or normal
• flash drive input-storage device 
• pixel is a small colored dot (squared) that is displayed on a screen
• scanner-reads the document and sends it to the computer and it copies it takes a picture
• multi function printer-does many things, copies, prints, faxes mostly used at home office or small workplace
• Cd drive put a CD in it and it 
• Blu ray can read multiple things
• External devices-things that holds info as storage for you
• SSD- like a flash drive hard to lose no moving parts
• Tower cases-different types and sizes of drives 
• keyboard, mouse, joystick are some things that you can attach to a computer