Input & Output Devices

1. Multimedia is a term describing computer output that includes sound, text, graphics, movies, and animation.

1.1. A sound card is an example of a multimedia output device

1.2. A monitor that can display graphics is an examplo

2. Sound

2.1. circuitry to produce sound may be included on the motherboard

2.2. high quality audio output from a PC usually requires a sound card

3. Micriphone

3.1. attached to a computer to record sound

3.2. turned into numbers that represent the original analog sound waves

3.2.1. The sound is digitized

3.3. stored in the computer to later processing and playback