The document defines and provides examples of various types of equipment used in front office operations like a hotel front desk. It describes reception desks, filing cabinets, computers, printers, telephones, fax machines, cash registers, and credit card machines. Computers are used extensively to manage reservations, bills, room assignments, meetings and events. Printers output documents and receipts. Fax machines are used for electronic document transmission. Cash registers and credit card machines process payments. Understanding the various equipment is important for efficient front office management.

2. EQUIPMENT
- Is the implements used in an operation or
activity

3.  A reception desk is a special type of desk
normally in a waiting room, lobby, or in
front of an office, that is used for anything
from greeting customers, answering the
telephone, and scheduling appointments,
to dealing with transactions.This makes
them one of the most important pieces of
furniture in any business.

5.  is a piece of office furniture usually used to
store paper documents in file folders. In the
most simple context, it is an enclosure for
drawers in which items are stored.The two
most common forms of filing cabinets are
vertical files and lateral files.

7.  a programmable usually electronic device
that can store, retrieve, and process data.
 Computers are used extensively by lodging
managers and their assistants to keep track
of guests' bills, reservations, room
assignments, meetings, and special events.
 computers are used to order food,
beverages, and supplies, as well as to prepare
reports for hotel owners and top-level
managers.

8.  a device that accepts text and graphic output
from a computer and transfers the
information to paper, usually to standard size
sheets of paper. Printers vary in size, speed,
sophistication, and cost. In general, more
expensive printers are used for higher-
resolution color printing.

9.  a telecommunications device that permits
two or more users to conduct a conversation
when they are too far apart to be heard
directly.

10.  Short for facsimile machine, a device that is
used to send and receive documents
electronically over a telephone network.
 It is important electronic equipment in Front
Desk for purpose of communication and used
to received or send official documents.

12.  a mechanical or electronic device for
registering and calculating transactions at a
point of sale.
 Most cash registers consist of a keyboard that
is used to input entries, a scanner of some
sort, a drawer that is used to hold cash, and a
printing device for receipts.

14.  a device used to process in-person payments
with a credit or debit card. It can be handheld
and corded, portable, or attached to a point-
of-sale terminal with a countertop cash
register.

16. 1. WHAT ARETHE PARAPHERNALIA USED IN
FRONT OFFICE?
2. HOWTHESE PARAPHERNALIA BEING
USED?
3. WHY IT IS IMPORTANTTO KNOW?
-RESEARCH AND PRINT OUT 2 EXAMPLE OF
PARAPHERNALIA IN FOS.