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graphics cards

A GRAPHICS CARD IS BUILT INTO A COMPUTERS MOTHERBOARD. THE

GRAPHIC CARDS JOB IS TO ORGANISE THE PIXELS IN

YOUR MONITOR TO SHOW YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO

VIEW.

graphics tablets

• A GRAPHIC TABLET IS A TABLET WHICH YOU CONNECT TO YOUR COMPUTER AND USE TO DRAW

WITHOUT HAVING TO USE A MOUSE, YOU DRAW ONTO THE

TABLET AND IT APPEARS ON YOUR MONITOR.

• GRAPHIC TABLETS ARE USEFUL TO A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE

FROM AMATEURS TO PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS OR

ARCHITECTS.

digital cameras

• A DIGITAL CAMERA IS A CAMERA THAT CAN TAKE STILL PHOTOS AND TAKE VIDEOS TO. A DIGITAL CAMERA HOWEVER DIFFERS

FROM A NORMAL CAMERA AND A VIDEO CAMERA, ON A DIGITAL CAMERA YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE ON THE DIGITAL

SCREEN ON THE BACK, WATCH THE VIDEOS YOU HAVE FILMED, DELETE THEM IF YOU CHOOSE TO, FILM SOUND WITH THE

VIDEOS YOU TAKE, CROP THE PICTURES, USE A WIDE VARIETY OF MODES E.G. LANDSCAPE, FLOWER, NIGHT, PANORAMA AND

MANY MORE. YOU CAN ALSO INSERT A MEMORY CARD AND STORE ALL YOU PICTURES AND VIDEOS ONTO THAT. DIGITAL

CAMERA CAN ALSO BE CONNECTED TO YOUR COMPUTER USING A USE CORD, YOU CAN THEN COPY ALL YOUR PICTURES

ON TO THE COMPUTER AND YOU CAN PRINT ALL YOUR PICTURES OF THE COMPUTER YOUR SELF IF YOU WANTED TO.

printers

• A PRINTER IS A DEVICE THAT CONVERTS THE TEXT AND/OR IMAGE THAT YOU HAVE

STORED ELECTRONICALLY ONTO PAPER. YOU CAN GET A WIDE VARIETY OF PRINTERS

WIRED AND WIRELESS, WIRELESS PRINTER HAVE A BUILT IN NETWORK WHICH

COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR COMPUTER.

monitors• MONITORS SOMETIMES CALLED A DISPLAY SCREEN. A

MONITOR IS AN OUTPUT DEVICE FOR YOUR COMPUTER, INSTANTLY SHOWING YOU THE GRAPHICS/TEXT YOU ARE

USING. TODAY MOST MONITORS ARE THIN PANELS.

• MONITORS CAN BE BOUGHT ON DIGITAL OR ANALOGUE, THEY CAN BE BOUGHT TO BE ON A CERTAIN FREQUENCY

ALTHOUGH TODAY MOST MONITORS CHANGE FREQUENCY AUTOMATICALLY, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO VIEW. MONITORS CAN BE BOUGHT AT A

VARIETY OF SIZES. THE SIZE OF A MONITOR IS MEASURED THE SAME AS A TV, FROM ONE CORNER TO ANOTHER

DIAGONALLY.

CD-Rom

• A CD-ROM IS SHORT FOR COMPACT DISC-READ-ONLY MEMORY. A CD-ROM IS A TYPE OF OPTICAL DISC. A CD-ROM IS CAPABLE OF

STORING LARGE AMOUNTS OF MEMORY E.G. VIDEOS, MUSIC, PICTURES AND MORE. A SINGLE CD-ROM CAN STORE UP TO 1GB ALTHOUGH THE MOST COMMON SIZE IS

650MB. A CD-ROM HAS THE EQUIVALENT MEMORY AS 700 FLOPPY DISKS.

HDD

• A HDD IS SHORT FOR HARD DISK DRIVE, A HDD HAS THE TECHNOLOGY TO STORE A LARGE MASS OF DATA ON IT, THE DATA IS STORED THERE EVEN AFTER THE POWER IS NO LONGER ON.

Memory SD Cards

THE SD IN SD CARD STANDS FOR SECURE DIGITAL CARD, SD CARDS ARE USED IN A RANGE OF PORTABLE DEVICES SUCH AS: DIGITAL CAMERAS, VIDEO CAMCORDERS, PORTABLE COMPUTERS, PHONES AND MANY MORE. SD CARDS ARE USED TO STORE DATA.

vector graphic software

VECTOR GRAPHIC ARE A HIGHER QUALITY IMAGE THAN BITMAP, THEY APPEAR BETTER

QUALITY ON MONITORS AND PRINTERS. VECTORS ALSO TAKE UP LESS MEMORY

THAN A BITMAP.VECTOR GRAPHICS IS THE USE OF

GEOMETRICAL PRIMITIVES SUCH AS POINTS, LINES, CURVES, AND SHAPES OR

POLYGON(S).

bitmap software

BITMAP SOFTWARE IS OF LESS QUALITY THAN VECTOR IT ALSO TAKES UP MORE

MEMORY.BITMAP SOFTWARE USES PIXELS WHICH

LEAVES IMAGES LOOKING PIXELATED.

photo manipulation software

• PHOTO MANIPULATION SOFTWARE SUCH AS ADOBE PHOTOSHOP IS USED TO MANIPULATE PHOTOS AND IMAGES BY CHANGING THE SIZE, COLOUR, OR EVEN ADDING TO IT OR REMOVING PARTS OF IT.

Converting files• PEOPLE CONVERT FILES FOR DIFFERENT

REASONS FOR EXAMPLE TO SAVE SPACE OR MAYBE THE PROGRAM/WEB PAGE YOU ARE USING DOESN’T SUPPORT THAT FILE.

BMP JPEG PNG GIF

BMP JPEG PNG GIF

• BMP- 57.0 KB (58,436 BYTES) BMP SAVES WITH A WHITE BACK GROUND AND TAKES THE MOST

MEMORY.• JPEG- 37.7 KB (38,672 BYTES)• JPEG ALSO SAVES WITH A WHITE BACKGROUNDAND TAKES LESS

MEMORY THAN A BMP BUT MORE THAN A PNG.• PNG- 31.9 KB (32,686 BYTES)• PNG DOESN’T SAVE WITH A WHIGHT BACKGROUND AND REQIURS

LESS MEMORY TO SAVE• GIF- 11.7 KB (12,043 BYTES)• GIF ALSO DOESNT SAVE WITH A WHITE BACKGROUND AND TAKES

THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MEMORY TO STORE.

FILE TYPES and difference for the same picture.