Appendix A Hardware and Software

1. Hardware
   1. Input
      1. Pointing Devices
         1. Mouse
         2. Pen
         3. Trackball
         4. Touchpad
      2. Game Controllers
         1. Wheel
         2. Joystick
         3. Gamepad
      3. Keyboards
      4. Scanners
         1. Image scanner
         2. Bar Code Scanner
         3. Optical Mark Reader
         4. Optical Character Reader
         5. Biometric Scanner
         6. Magnetic Ink reader
      5. Cameras
         1. Digital Still Cameras
         2. Digital Video Cameras
         3. Webcams
      6. Microphones
   2. Output
      1. Monitors
         1. CRTs
         2. Flat Panel Displays
            1. LCD
            2. Gas Plasma
      2. Printers
         1. Inkjet
         2. Laser Disks
         3. Multi-function
      3. Speakers
   3. Storage
      1. Magnetic
         1. Hard disks
         2. Zip Disks
         3. Floppy disks
      2. Optical
         1. CD
            1. -ROM
            2. -R
            3. -RW
         2. DVD
            1. -ROM
            2. -R +R
            3. -RW +RW
      3. Flash
         1. Flash Memory Devices
         2. Flash Memory Cards
            1. xD Picture Cards
            2. Secure Digital Signal Cards
            3. Compact Flash Card
            4. SmartMedia Card
            5. Memory Stick Media
   4. CPU
      1. Speed
      2. Instruction set WISC RISC
      3. I - E Phase
         John Von Neuman 1946
      4. Size taxonomy
         1. embedded
         2. Tablet
         3. Notebook
         4. Desktop
         5. Mini computers
         6. Mainframe
         7. Supercomputer
            1. Symmetric multi-processors
            2. Massive Parallel Systems
   5. Telecommunication
      Deferred to Appendix B.
   6. Connecting Ports
      1. Hot Swap Plug and Play
         1. USB
         2. Firewire
      2. Serial
         1. PS/2
         2. Video
      3. Parallel
      4. Wired
      5. Wireless
         1. infrared
         2. bluetooth

2. Software
   1. Stack Model.
   2. System Software
      1. OS
         Functions,
         Multitasking
      2. Utility Software
   3. Application Software
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