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output device
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output device
Any peripheral that presents output from the computer, such as a screen or printer. Although disks and tapes receive output, they are called "storage devices."
output device [′au̇t‚pu̇t di‚vīs]
(computer science)

(hardware)output device - Electronic or electromechanical equipment connected to a computer and used to transfer data out of the computer in the form of text, images, sounds or other media to a display screen, printer, loudspeaker or storage device. Most modern storage devices such as disk drives and magnetic tape drives act as both input and output devices, others such as CD-ROM are input only.


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Output Devices An output device takes information within your computer and presents it to you in a form that you can understand.
The ALU, control unit as well as the basic input and output devices along with other hardware that are closely linked with the said devices are known as the CPU or the central processing unit.
OpenRIP Flexo drives a wide variety of output devices including platesetters, imagesetters, laser printers, digital color presses, copiers, inkjet printers and plotters, all from a single RIP.
 
 
 
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