Chapter 2 Hospitality Technology Components

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Chapter 2Hospitality Technology Components
Managing Technology in the Hospitality
Industry Fourth Edition (469T or 469)
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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 systems central
   processing unit and distinguish read-only memory
   from random access memory.
4. Identify and describe common external storage
   devices.

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Competencies for Hospitality Technology Components
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1. Explain how the processing capability and speed
   of a system are measured.
2. Identify and describe components or devices
   commonly added on to a system.
3. Explain the function of an operating system.
4. Identify and describe hardware components
   fundamental to Internet operations.

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Input Components
Keyboards Function keys   Alphabet keys
  Cursor control keys   Numeric keys
Touch-screen terminals
Other input components Mouse   Scanner
  Voice recognition   Personal digital
assistant (PDA)
 
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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)
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Printers
  Impact/nonimpact printers   Dot matrix
printers   Thermal printers   Ink jet
printers   Laser printers
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ROM/RAM
Read-only memory (ROM) Reads but cannot
write Nonvolatile memory Random access
memory (RAM) Read/write memory Volatile
memory
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External Storage Devices

• Magnetic tapes
• Sequential access medium
• Magnetic disks
• Formatting
• Random access medium
• Diskette/floppy disks
• Zip disks

Hard disks CD technology Compact discread
(CD-R) Compact disc ReWritable (CD-RW)
Digital versatile disc (DVD)
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Input/Output Bus System
  Data bustransports data.   Address
busdirects operations.   Control bustransports
instructions.
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Computer Add-Ons
  Expanded memory   Extended memory
  Internal modem   Fax board   Interface
boards   Network interface card (NIC)
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Basic Operating System Functions
  Formats disks/discs.   Displays content of
storage media.   Copies files.   Compares
contents of copied files.   Deletes files.