FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY AN OUTPUT DEVICE

FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY AN OUTPUT DEVICE 

Following are the functions performed by the output unit:

1. It accepts the results produced by the computer which are in coded form and hence cannot be easily understood by us.

2. It converts these coded results to human acceptable (readable) form,

3. It supplies the converted results to the outside world.


KINDS OF OUTPUT DEVICES:

Output devices can be classified into two ways:

1. Standard and Nonstandard output devices

2. Softcopy and Hardcopy output devices


STANDARD OUTPUT DEVICES:

Following two devices are considered as the standard output devices because these are the most probably found output devices with most of the computers:

1. Monitor:

2. Printer: