Long answer type questions,
What are drives? List and explain all the types.
b. Write a short note about a Modem.
a.
C.
How are external hardware different from internal ones?
What are scanners? Explain different types of scanners.
d.
Write a short note on SMPS.
Answers
Answer:
Types of computer drives
Today, most of the drives listed below are obsolete. The most common drives used with home computers are hard drives, SSDs (solid-state drives), disc drives, and USB drives. Disc drives: Blu-ray, CD-R, CD-ROM, CD-RW, and DVD. Flash drive.
b. Modem is short for "Modulator-Demodulator." It is a hardware component that allows a computer or another device, such as a router or switch, to connect to the Internet. It converts or "modulates" an analog signal from a telephone or cable wire to digital data (1s and 0s) that a computer can recognize.
c.Internal hardware is every piece of electronics that is connected to your motherboard. ... External hardware is everything that is outside of the box of the computer. From flash drives to nuclear reactors. If it`s outside of the box - it is considered external.
d.A scanner is a device that captures images from photographic prints, posters, magazine pages, and similar sources for computer editing and display. Scanners come in hand-held, feed-in, and flatbed types and for scanning black-and-white only, or color.
e.A switched-mode power supply (SMPS) is an electronic circuit that converts power using switching devices that are turned on and off at high frequencies, and storage components such as inductors or capacitors to supply power when the switching device is in its non-conduction state.