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Unit 2 Section 2 Passage A component binary interact motherboard RAM ROM BIOS BUS O/I Harddisk sector Unit 2 Section 2 Passage B peripheral perform handle OA USB flash scanner fax machine storage device floppy disk capacity text digital image 3D illustrations daisy-wheel printer dot-matrix printer ink-jet printer laser printer Unit 2 Section 2 Passage B A scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. A scanner works by digitizing an image -- dividing it into a grid of boxes and representing each box with either a zero or a one, depending on whether the box is filled in. The resulting matrix of bits, called a bit map, can then be stored in a file, displayed on a screen, and manipulated by programs. Common examples are the flatbed scanners, the hand-held scanners, and 3D scanners. Unit 2 Section 2 Passage B A printer is a device that prints text or illustrations on paper. There are many different types of printers. In terms of the technology utilized, printers can be classified into daisy-wheel printers which produce letter-quality print but cannot print graphics, dot-matrix printers which create characters with dots made by striking pins against an ink ribbon, ink-jet printers which prays ink at a sheet of paper to produce high-quality text and graphics, laser printers which use the same technology as copy machines and produce very high quality text and graphics, LCD LED printers which use liquid crystals or light-emitting diodes to produce an image on the drum, line printers which contain a chain of characters or pins that print an entire line at one time, and thermal printers that work by pushing heated pins against heat-sensitive paper. Unit 2 Section 2 Passage B A fax machine is a device that can send or receive pictures and text over a telephone line. Fax machines work by digitizing an image -- dividing it into a grid of dots. Each dot is either on or off, depending on whether