Inside/Hardware: Peripherals

Peripherals are "extras" on things such as computers. They are separate components that enhance a computer's effect or ability. Among these would be speakers, external modems, printers, scanners, microphones, servers, hubs, or even sub woofers. Now a days, some of these objects come standard with the majority of PC's. Things like printers, speakers, and even scanners are coming with many computer packages. As we said before, peripherals enhance the ability of the computer. Printers allow you to make hard copies of documents or images that are otherwise just bits of information in your computer. A scanner will allow you to take hard copies and transform them into those bits of information. Speakers generate the digital and  acoustic sounds that are bits of information on a computer. Microphones harness those acoustic or possibly digital sounds and turn them into little bits of information. Although not necessary, peripherals are an important part of bringing out the full potential of a PC.