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A touch screen is an input/output device that allows the user to interact with the computer by touching the display screen. Download high resolution version (1500x1125, 224 KB)nintendo ds touch screen This work is copyrighted. ...
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Hardware comprises all of the physical parts of a computer, as distinguished from the data it contains or operates on, and the software that provides instructions for the hardware to accomplish tasks. ...
The tower of a personal computer (specifically a Power Mac G5). ...
Nineteen inch (48 cm) CRT computer monitor A computer display, monitor or screen is a computer peripheral device capable of showing still or moving images generated by a computer and processed by a graphics card. ...
Early screens used beams of infrared light projected across the screen surface. Interrupting the beams generated an electronic signal identifying the location of the screen, which was relayed to software. Image of a small dog taken in mid-infrared (thermal) light (false color) Infrared (IR) radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation. ...
Modern touch screens use a thin, durable, transparent plastic sheet overlayed onto the glass screen. The location of a touch is calculated from the capacitance for the X and Y axes, which varies based upon where the sheet is touched. Capacitance is a measure of the amount of electric charge stored for a given electric potential. ...
The word axis has several meanings: In geometry, it may refer to: An axis of rotation A coordinate axis An axis of symmetry In anatomy, the axis is the second cervical vertebra. ...
The HP-150 was among one of the world's earliest commercialized touch screen computers. It actually does not have a touch screen in the strict sense, but a 9" Sony CRT surrounded by infrared transmitters and receivers which detect the position of any non-transparent object on the screen. The HP-150, a compact, powerful and innovate computer made by Hewlett-Packard in 1983 and based on Intel 8088, was one of the worlds earliest commercialized touch screen computers. ...
Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), (NYSE: SNE) is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ...
The cathode ray tube or CRT, invented by Karl Ferdinand Braun, is the display device used in most computer displays, video monitors, televisions and oscilloscopes. ...
Image of a small dog taken in mid-infrared (thermal) light (false color) Infrared (IR) radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light, but shorter than microwave radiation. ...
Crystal Palace transmitter, London A transmitter is an electronic device which with the aid of an antenna propagates an electromagnetic signal such as radio, television, or other telecommunications. ...
The word receiver has a number of different meanings: In communications and information processing, a receiver is the recipient (observer) of a message (information), which is sent from a source (object). ...
A substance or object that is opaque is neither transparent nor translucent. ...
One of the most recent uses of a touch screen is in the Nintendo DS portable game system. First color of Nintendo DS Electric Blue Nintendo DS, the newest color released in America New Mew themed DS for Japan The Nintendo DS is a dual-screen portable handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. ...
Different technologies: - Capacitive
- Resistive
- Infrared
- Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW)
See also: Liquid crystal display television, Tablet PC. Liquid crystal display television is, as indicated by its name, a television using LCD technology (generally TFT), as opposed to cathode ray or plasma for its visual output. ...
Toshiba Portege 3500 tablet PC, in tablet configuration. ...
References
- This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, which is licensed under the GFDL.
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