1. Speakers, headphones, and earbuds
1.1. Speakers
1.1.1. Audio output device
1.1.1.1. Generate higher‐quality sounds for playing games
1.1.1.2. Interact with multimedia presentations
1.1.1.3. Listen to music
1.1.1.4. View movies
1.2. Headphones
1.2.1. Headphones are speakers that cover your head or are placed outside of the ear
1.3. Earbuds
1.3.1. Earbuds (also called earphones) rest inside the ear canal
2. Display devices
2.1. Monitor
2.1.1. Liquid crystal display (LCD)
2.1.1.1. Resolution
2.1.1.2. Response time
2.1.1.3. Brightness
2.1.1.4. Dot pitch
2.1.1.5. Contrast ratio
2.1.2. Plasma monitors
2.1.2.1. Televisions also are a good output device
2.1.2.1.1. Require a converter if you are connecting your computer to an analog television
2.1.2.2. Digital television (DTV) offers a crisper, higherquality output
2.1.2.3. HDTV is the most advanced form of digital television
2.1.3. CRT monitor
2.1.3.1. Have a much larger footprint than do LCD monitors
3. Printers
3.1. Nonimpact printer
3.1.1. Ink‐jet printers
3.1.1.1. Color or black‐and‐white
3.1.1.2. Printers with a higher dpi (dots per inch) produce a higher quality output
3.1.2. Photo printers
3.1.2.1. Most use ink‐jet technology
3.1.2.2. PictBridge allows you to print photos directly from a digital camera
3.1.2.3. Print from a memory card and preview photos on a built‐in LCD screen
3.1.3. Laser printers
3.1.3.1. Blackandwhite
3.1.3.2. Color
3.1.3.3. Highquality
3.1.3.4. Highspeed
3.1.4. Thermal printers
3.1.4.1. Thermal wax‐transfer printer
3.1.4.2. Dye‐sublimation printer
3.1.5. Mobile printers
3.1.5.1. a small, lightweight, battery‐powered printer that allows a mobile user to print from a mobile device
3.1.6. Label and postage printers
3.1.6.1. a small printer that prints on adhesive‐type material
3.1.7. Plotters
3.1.7.1. used to produce high‐quality drawings
3.1.8. Large-format printers
3.1.8.1. create photo‐realistic quality color prints on a larger scale
3.1.9. Multifunction peripheral (MFP)
3.1.9.1. a single device that prints, scans, copies, and in some cases, faxes
3.2. Impact printers
3.2.1. Dot‐matrix printer
3.2.1.1. produces printed images when tiny wire pins on a print head mechanism strike an inked ribbon
3.2.2. Line printer
3.2.2.1. prints an entire line at a time
4. Force‐feedback game controllers
4.1. Force‐feedback sends resistance to the device in response to actions of the user
5. Interactive whiteboards
5.1. An interactive whiteboard is a touch‐sensitive device, resembling a dry‐erase board, that displays the image on a connected computer screen
6. Tactile output
6.1. Tactile output provides the user with a physical response from the device
7. Data projectors
7.1. A data projector is a device that takes the text and images displaying on a computer screen and projects them on a larger screen
7.1.1. Digital light processing (DLP) projector