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Shivangee Maurya 9V               GCSE ICT Full Course                       15/06/07

                                                             Hardware

I have chosen to make a website I will choose all my hardware and software according to making a website.

Hardware

Hardware is pieces of equipments which let you do things the basic computer for example mouse, keyboard screen and etc.

Mouse- the mouse will be used to drag pictures around the website and edit text and images

There are many different types of mouse’s we can use and come across the two I have chosen are optical mouse and a ball mouse. A mouse is an input device. They are pointing devices and input device it allows the user to control the movement on the screen.

Roller ball Mouse

This a mouse which has a ball underneath it and that is how it works the ball acts as the cursor. It is very similar to an optical mouse however an optical mouse works by a light instead of a ball.

Advantages

  • Easy to use.
  • Very cheap to buy.
  • Very easy to find in shops.

Disadvantages

  • The ball gets clogged up and can stop working if the lots of dirt get caught in it.
  • Can very easily break.
  • Wires can sometimes get tangled.

Optical Mouse

An optical mouse is mouse which has a light at the bottom of it which acts like the cursor. It is very similar to a roller ball mouse however works by a light in stead of a ball. The light detects the movement you are making and makes it appear on the screen as a pointer.

Advantages

  • Dirt won’t get caught in the light space to stop it working so it won’t get stuck.
  • Easy to use.
  • Easy to find and Buy.

Disadvantages

  • Wire can get in the way.
  • Can break down easily.
  • Can be slightly expensive.

Tracker ball Mouse

This is another pointing device however it has a unique still it a mouse upside down. You use your thumb to rotate the ball you also use as your mouse buttons they can sometimes be put on the side.

Advantages

  • Easy to use.
  • Comfortable
  • Is useful when lack of space to put your mouse very compact.

Disadvantages

  • Can be very expensive to buy.
  • It quite hard to learn to how to use it/ get the hang of it.
  • The balls on occasions can fall out.

Keyboards- The keyboards will be used to input information on the website

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A keyboard is an input device as it lets you input data into a computer, it very similar to what a typewriter does however it put all that you have typed up on the monitor not on paper. There are many buttons so you ar3e able to control a lot from the keyboard sometimes can act like the mouse in some cases.

QWERTY Keyboard

A QWERTY Keyboard is the one that people generally use and the most common keyboard people come across if they use a computer. The word QWERTY are the first six letters on a QWERTY ...

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