CSC105 Lecture 19 - Peripherals: Output & Storage: Rich Little (A01) Eduard Wisernig (A02)
CSC105 Lecture 19 - Peripherals: Output & Storage: Rich Little (A01) Eduard Wisernig (A02)
CSC105 Lecture 19 - Peripherals: Output & Storage: Rich Little (A01) Eduard Wisernig (A02)
Four basic
functions of
computers
include:
Receive input
Process
information
Produce
output
Store
information
What Is Output?
Circuit board
Processor (GPU)
VRAM
BIOS
Connections and ports for video
DisplayPort
Screen Talk
Monitor size - measured as a diagonal
line across the screen.
Pixels (or picture element) - tiny dots
that compose a picture
Resolution - the number of pixels
displayed on the screen (the higher the
resolution, the closer together the dots)
Mostly given as # wide x # high
Sometimes as pixels per inch (ppi)
Image Quality
Image quality is
affected by resolution
and colour depth (or
bit depth)
San
Gimignano,
Tuscany, Italy
Other Models -- not additive:
HSB
Hue 0 - 360 degrees
Saturation:% amount of grey
Brightness:% darkness or lightness
CD, DVD, BD
ROM, R, RW
Single-layer
dual-layer
Alternative
Flash memory
Compact alternative
No moving parts
May eventually replace
disk and tape storage