Ports

Colton Cook- 3rd period A Computer hardware port is a spot on a computer that allows you to transfer stuff like data (picture's, songs, video's etc.) They are also spots where you plug in external devices like keyboard, Ipods, MP3 player's etc. 

Dalton Curry - 4th period Ports are the plugs in the back of the computer. At the top of the tower case there are plugs for the keyboard and nouse. The purple one is the one that the keyboard plugs into. The green plug is for the mouse.  Carleigh Altom - 3rd period Is called Software Ports but we call them “ports.” There are many different types of Ports  ©   AT Port  ©   Firewire Port  ©   LPT Ports  ©   PS/2 Port  ©   Serial Port  ©   USB Port  ©   Hardware Port There is a Hardware Port. It is kinda like the plug-in or connection found at the back of the computer, or it is like a thing that your plug into your iPod. It allows you to have access to external devices like a computer printer. A Port is a plug-in or plug or locations were information is sent to.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #e600ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #00f3ff"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Amanda Beene- 5th period <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #e600ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #00f3ff"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif"> Ports- a computer port is basicly a part on the outside of the computer that you can hook other things up to like headphones the mouse and other things. Most ports are used to hook everything together like the monitor, keyboard and mouse. Angel Lambert- 7th period <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">// <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">If you cannot connect a device you have got to use a port. There are bunch types of ports. Some ports connect disk drives, key boards and display screens. The personal computers also have ports that connect printers, modems, mice, and other devices. // <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">//<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">  The personal computers come with different ports as shown below. RS-232C, or RS-422 these ports connect a modem or mouse and a parallel port connect the printer. Also the port number tells you what type of port it is. // <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">//<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">But pretty much it’s all the little holes that you put stuff in located at the front of the tower case and back and some of them are in the monitor too. //  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 140%; COLOR: #b216d4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="COLOR: #190101; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Taylor D. - 8th period <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> Port- is a plug in the back of a modem.



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