Class 6 Domain : ICT Fundamentals

Chapter 1: ICT Fundamentals

Week 6: Worksheet # 1

Hardware Components of computer

Keyboard
A keyboard is one of the primary input devices used
with a computer. Similar to an electric typewriter, a keyboard
is composed of buttons used to create letters, numbers, and
symbols, and perform additional functions.

Mouse
A computer mouse is a handheld hardware input device that controls a cursor in a
GUI (graphical user interface) for pointing, moving and selecting text, icons, files,
and folders on your computer. In addition to these functions, a mouse can also be
used to drag-and-drop objects and give you access to the right-click menu.

Who invented the mouse?

The mouse was initially known as the X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System and was invented by
Douglas Engelbart in 1963 while working at Xerox PARC. But, due to Alto's lack of success, the first
widely used application of the mouse was with the Apple Lisa computer. Today, this pointing device is on
virtually every computer.

Scanner

A scanner is a device that captures images from photographic

prints, posters, magazine pages, and similar sources for computer
editing and display.

Uses of Scanner
 You need to scan smaller images.  Send files straight to email or
applications.
 Portability and a wireless connection.  Oversized documents.

 Faster scanning.  Skip the copy machine.

 Scan different types of documents.  Easily create PDFs.

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QR Code Do you Know

QR stands for "Quick Response."
The first QR code
system was invented in
A QR code is a type of barcode that can be read easily by a 1994 by the Japanese
digital device and which stores information as a series of company Denso Wave
pixels in a square-shaped grid.
QR codes are frequently used to track information
about products in a supply chain and because many smartphones have built-
in QR readers they are often used in marketing and advertising campaigns.
Biometrics
The measurement and analysis of unique physical or behavioral Do you Know
characteristics (such as fingerprint or voice patterns) especially as a means
of verifying personal identity. The first commercial hand

geometry recognition
Types of Biometrics systems became available
 Eyes - Iris Recognition.
in the early 1970s,
 Face Recognition.
 Finger Geometry Recognition.
 Hand Geometry Recognition.
 Typing Recognition.
 Voice - Speaker Identification.

Microphone
A microphone is a hardware peripheral and input device originally invented by Emile
Berliner in 1877. A microphone allows computer users to input audio into their
computers.
BRAIN STORM
Write the names of input devices.
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What you know about mouse?
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Define microphone.
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