Input & Output

Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) is a character recognition system using special ink and characters which can be magnetized and read automatically. Furthermore, MICR is used almost exclusively in the banking industry where it is used to print details on exchequers to enable automatic processing.

Optical character recognition
Optical character recognition (OCR) refers to the software used to convert letters and numbers that are non-editable into a format that can be edited. For example, a magazine article is something that can't be edited. Using OCR software, you could convert this article into a Microsoft Word document and then be able to change any of the words.

Optical Mark Recognition
Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) lets you define check box regions on scanned images. OMR entails the scanning process through which the presence of a marked area is spotted. Rather than writing, persons are supposed to darken the area in an attempt to denote the answers. After that, sheet is automatically weighed up by the scanning device. OMR is a popular method of tallying the votes.OMR is employed in use during the surveys, reply cards, questionnaires and ballots. This technique is used far and wide by the instructors and by the researchers.

Dot Matrix Printer
A printer that uses hammers and a ribbon to form images out of dots. It is widely used to print multiparty forms and address labels. Also known as a "serial dot matrix printer," the tractor and sprocket mechanism in these devices handles thicker media better than laser and ink jet printers.



Plotters
A device that draws pictures on paper based on commands from a computer. Plotters differ from printers in that they draw lines using a pen. As a result, they can produce continuous lines, whereas printers can only simulate lines by printing a closely spaced series of dots. Multicolor plotters use different-colored pens to draw different colors. In general, plotters are considerably more expensive than printers. They are used in engineering applications where precision is mandatory.


Photo Printer
A photo printer that is specifically designed to print high quality digital photos on photo paper. They are usually compact and rely on an internal power source like a battery. This allows users to connect their digital cameras to the portable printer and supply it with paper to print their photographs on the spot without a computer.

Fax Machine
Short for facsimile machine, a device that can send or receive pictures and text over a telephone line. Fax machines work by digitizing an image -- dividing it into a grid of dots. Each dot is either on or off, depending on whether it is black or white. In this way, the fax machine translates a picture into a series of zeros and ones (called a bit map) that can be transmitted like normal computer data . On the receiving side, a fax machine reads the incoming data, translates the zeros and ones back into dots, and reprints the picture.

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Internet Telephone
A category of hardware and software that enables people to use the internet as the transmission medium for telephone calls. For users who have free, or fixed-price Internet access, Internet telephony software essentially provides free telephone calls anywhere in the world. To date, however, Internet telephony does not offer the same quality of telephone service as direct telephone connections.

Telephony
Telephony is the technology associated with the electronic transmission of voice , fax, or other information between distant parties using systems historically associated with the telephone, a handheld device containing both a speaker or transmitter and a receiver.