Unit 3 Assignment 1
Unit 3 Assignment 1
Christopher Bronson
ITT San Diego
Video Clip 1.07 – Ports and Connectors
This video clip described the various external ports found on a motherboard.
Serial Ports – 9 and 25 pin connectors (mouse, etc)
Parallel Ports – 25 pin connectors (printers)
Game Ports – 15 pin (joysticks, etc)
PS/2 Ports – keyboards, mice
Network Identification Card (NIC) – RJ-45 (connects to network)
Modem – RJ-11 (phoneline connection to BBS, internet, etc)
Video Connectors – Video Graphics Adapter (VGA), Digital Video Interface (DVI), and S-Video (TV connection)
Universal Serial Bus (USB) – 1.1 and 2.0 (mice, keyboards, iPods, external hard drives, etc)
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) – Narrow and Wide (high speed externals)
IEEE 1394 – Firewire
Multimedia – Microphone jack, speaker jacks, etc
Video Clip 1.09 – Video
This video clip described the different types of monitors and the different specifications of each type. It also described how via Windows Display Properties you may change video resolutions, add an additional monitor. Also shown were the various video connectors. The video discusses video busses, video cards and gives a warning to never open a CRT monitor.
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) – older tech monitor
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) – thinner, lighter, less power consumption
Specifications of each (screen size, contrast ratio, refresh rate (CRT), response times (LCD), resolution (how many pixels per square inch)
Display properties (described above)
Video connectors – standard VGA (15 pin) and DVI
Video busses – Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) and Peripheral Component Interconnect – Express (PCI-E)
Video card – provides the video out to your monitors
Video Clip 1.11 – Printer Hardware
This video clip describes the three different types of the printer hardware and their characteristics, the different printer interfaces, and the terms involved with installing, troubleshooting and tweaking them.
Dot Matrix – uses impact to place ink on paper via a
Christopher Bronson
ITT San Diego
Video Clip 1.07 – Ports and Connectors
This video clip described the various external ports found on a motherboard.
Serial Ports – 9 and 25 pin connectors (mouse, etc)
Parallel Ports – 25 pin connectors (printers)
Game Ports – 15 pin (joysticks, etc)
PS/2 Ports – keyboards, mice
Network Identification Card (NIC) – RJ-45 (connects to network)
Modem – RJ-11 (phoneline connection to BBS, internet, etc)
Video Connectors – Video Graphics Adapter (VGA), Digital Video Interface (DVI), and S-Video (TV connection)
Universal Serial Bus (USB) – 1.1 and 2.0 (mice, keyboards, iPods, external hard drives, etc)
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) – Narrow and Wide (high speed externals)
IEEE 1394 – Firewire
Multimedia – Microphone jack, speaker jacks, etc
Video Clip 1.09 – Video
This video clip described the different types of monitors and the different specifications of each type. It also described how via Windows Display Properties you may change video resolutions, add an additional monitor. Also shown were the various video connectors. The video discusses video busses, video cards and gives a warning to never open a CRT monitor.
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) – older tech monitor
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) – thinner, lighter, less power consumption
Specifications of each (screen size, contrast ratio, refresh rate (CRT), response times (LCD), resolution (how many pixels per square inch)
Display properties (described above)
Video connectors – standard VGA (15 pin) and DVI
Video busses – Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) and Peripheral Component Interconnect – Express (PCI-E)
Video card – provides the video out to your monitors
Video Clip 1.11 – Printer Hardware
This video clip describes the three different types of the printer hardware and their characteristics, the different printer interfaces, and the terms involved with installing, troubleshooting and tweaking them.
Dot Matrix – uses impact to place ink on paper via a