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Chapter four starts off describing the parts of the computer. I actually know most of this stuff from previous computer classes. Something interesting I found was the types of input and output, I guess I forgot about some of them. Input is a way of putting information or commands into the computer. This is done by many things, such as: keyboards, mouses, pointers, touchpad, touch screen, scanners, pens, cameras, and voice recognition. Keyboards are how most teachers input information into their computers. Most teachers perfer wirless/cordless boards. Scanners and cameras are how graphs or pictures are inputed usually. I guess I never realized pens (used for like blackberrys) or cameras or even voice recognition things were used as devices for input. There are four types of output: text, graphics, audio and video. Text is words or characters. Graphics are images such as pictures, graphs, charts or drawings. Audio examples are any music, speech or other sound that can be stored. And video consists of well video. One offious output device that never occured to me are the monitor screens. Others are printers and fax machines. Some storage systems are magnetic disks, floppies, zip disks, cd roms and dvds.

Nothing is really new. I'm going home this weekend so that is fun I havent been home since school started I'm looking forward to playing with my puppy. Her name is Maddie and she is the cutest thing ever!

The program we used last class was really cool. I've never used it before and it was an interesting and easy way to create charts and graphs. It should come in very handy in the future.