Chapter 2 Hospitality Technology Components Managing Technology in

Chapter 2 Hospitality Technology Components Managing Technology in the Hospitality Industry Fourth Edition (469 T or 469) © 2003, Educational Institute

Competencies for Hospitality Technology Components 1. Identify and describe system input components. 2. Identify and describe system output components. 3. Explain the function of a system’s central processing unit and distinguish read-only memory from random access memory. 4. Identify and describe common external storage devices. © 2003, Educational Institute (continued)

Competencies for Hospitality Technology Components (continued) 5. Explain how the processing capability and speed of a system are measured. 6. Identify and describe components or devices commonly added on to a system. 7. Explain the function of an operating system. 8. Identify and describe hardware components fundamental to Internet operations. © 2003, Educational Institute

Input Components Keyboards · Function keys Other input components · Mouse · Alphabet keys · Scanner · Cursor control keys · Voice recognition · Numeric keys · Personal digital assistant (PDA) Touch-screen terminals © 2003, Educational Institute

Monitors · Color graphics adapter (CGA · Enhanced graphics adapter (EGA) · Video graphics array (VGA) · Super video graphics array (SVGA) · Liquid crystal display (LCD) · Gas plasma (GA) © 2003, Educational Institute

Printers · Impact/nonimpact printers · Dot matrix printers · Thermal printers · Ink jet printers · Laser printers © 2003, Educational Institute

ROM/RAM Read-only memory (ROM) · “Reads” but cannot “write” · Nonvolatile memory Random access memory (RAM) · Read/write memory · Volatile memory © 2003, Educational Institute

External Storage Devices Magnetic tapes Hard disks · Sequential access medium CD technology Magnetic disks · Formatting · Random access medium · Diskette/floppy disks · Zip disks © 2003, Educational Institute · Compact disc—read (CD-R) · Compact disc— Re. Writable (CD-RW) · Digital versatile disc (DVD)

Input/Output Bus System · Data bus—transports data. · Address bus—directs operations. · Control bus—transports instructions. © 2003, Educational Institute

Computer Add-Ons · Expanded memory · Extended memory · Internal modem · Fax board · Interface boards · Network interface card (NIC) © 2003, Educational Institute

Basic Operating System Functions · Formats disks/discs. · Displays content of storage media. · Copies files. · Compares contents of copied files. · Deletes files. © 2003, Educational Institute