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1. Used to communicate with the computer user. 2.Example: Monitor, printer, keyboard
1. Used to communicate with equipment. 2. Example: Magnetic disk and tapes.
1. Used to communicate with remote devices 2. Example: another computer in a different location, modem, network card
the I/O function includes a control and timing requirement, to coordinate the flow of traffic between internal resources and external devices
1. Command decoding 2. Data 3. Status reorting 4. Address recognition
The I/O module must be able to communicate with external device. This communication involves commands, status information, and data
Data coming from main memory are sent to an I/O module in a rapid burst. The data are buffered in the I/O module and then sent to the external device at its data rate. In the opposite direction, data are buffered
Responsible to report errors to the processor