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Task 2. Create your own sentences using the above mentioned
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OUTPUT DEVICES
After the computer has processed your data, you often need to
produce output of the results. This output could be a display on the
computer screen, hardcopy on printed pages, or even the audio
playback of music you composed on the computer.
CRT Monitor
The traditional output device of a personal computer has been
the CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) monitor. Just like a television set (an
older one, anyway) the CRT monitor contains a large cathode ray
tube that uses an electron beam of varying strength to “paint” a
picture onto the color phosphorescent dots on the inside of the
screen.
Monitor screen size is measured diagonally across the screen,
in inches. Not all of the screen area may be usable for image display,
so the viewable area is also specified. The resolution of the monitor
is the maximum number of pixels it can display horizontally and
vertically (such as 800 x 600, or 1024 x 768, or 1600 x 1200). Most
monitors can display several resolutions below its maximum setting.
Pixels (short for picture elements) are the small dots that make of the
image displayed on the screen. The spacing of the screen’s tiny
phosphor dots is called the dot pitch (dp), typically .28 or .26
(measured in millimeters). A screen with a smaller dot pitch
produces sharper images.
Flat Panel Monitor
A flat panel display usually uses an LCD (Liquid Crystal
Display) screen to display output from the computer. The LCD
consists of several thin layers that polarize the light passing through
them. The polarization of one layer, containing long thin molecules
called liquid crystals, can be controlled electronically at each pixel,
blocking varying amounts of the light to make a pixel lighter or

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