Input | Processor
technology | Output technology |
Software |
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Trackball
- Trackpad
- Light pen
- Touch screen
- Audio
- Video (Camera)
- Bar code scanner
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
- Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)
- Page Scanner
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Buzzwords:
- Plug and Play
- random access memory (RAM)
- Cache memory
- read-only memory (ROM)
- hard disks
- integrated drive electronics (IDE)
- enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE)
- small computer serial interface (SCSI - pronounced "scuzzy"
- "Zip" drive
- CD-ROM
- Magnetic tape
- Magnetic disk
- Optical disk
- CD-RW
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- impact printers (Dot matrix printers)
- non-impact printers
- Ink jet printers
- laser printer
- Soft copy output (screen or video display)
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- systems software
- operating system (unix, openVMS, System 7, Windows 95/NT,...)
- Utility programs
- language translators
- Assemblers
- ,interpreters
- compilers
- Debuggers
- applications software
- General purpose applications software
- Word processing
- Spreadsheet
- Database software
- Presentation Graphics
- Communications software
- Special purpose applications software
- Personal finances tracking
- Mid-range packages (Macola, SBT, etc.)
- High-end software (SAP, BAAN, PeopleSoft, ORACLE Financials)
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Updated on September 15, 1997 by
Jagdish S. Gangolly.