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Tech Fact                                                      Factopedia


                     Nowadays,  cloud  storage  is very popular.  In

                     this type of storage, the data is stored over the
                     Internet. So, the user does not need to purchase

                     and manage additional storage devices.


                                                                                                   Microsoft
                                                                                                  launched a
                                                                                               wireless mouse,

                                                                                              called Arc Mouse
                           Let’s BaCk-uP                                                            in 2008.

                        Input devices are used to instruct the computer

                      what to do.

                        Keyboard, mouse, microphone and scanner are
                      some of the input devices.

                        The device  that  works on  the  input  is  called                       The pen drive

                      processing device.                                                       was invented in

                       CPU is a processing device.                                               1998 by IBM.

                        Output devices are used to give the result.
                        Monitor, printer, speakers and headphones are

                      some of the output devices.
                                                                                              When purchasing
                        Storage devices are used to store our work.                            items, you notice

                        Hard disk, memory card and pen drive are some                          a label with thin,
                      of the storage devices.                                                 black lines across
                                                                                               it. This is called a
                                                                                              barcode. A device
                                                                                                that is used to

                                                                                                scan a barcode
                                                                                                  is known as
                                                                                              Barcode scanner.











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