5. Types of Input device
Keyboard
Mouse
Scanner
Digital camera
6. Keyboard
Keyboard is the most commonly used input devices.
They allow data entry into a computer system by pressing a set of keys
neatly mounted on a keyboard
Contains some extra command keys and function keys that affect the
operation of computer or keyboard itself
Types of keyboard:
(1).Standard keyboard
(2).Multimedia keyboard
(3).Wireless keyboard
7. Mouse
Mouse is the most popular point and draw device
It is a must have input device on modern personal computers
Has 2 or 3 buttons and can be clicked or double-clicked to perform tasks
Optical mouse doesn’t have a ball but uses a laser to sense the motion
Types of mouse:
(1).Serial mouse
(2).Ps/2 mouse
(3).Optical mouse
(4)Wireless mouse
8. Scanner
Data scanning devices are input devices used for direct data entry into a computer system from source
documents
Common scanner devices are:
(1)Magnetic Ink character Recognition(MICR)
Reader:-used by banks to process large volumes of cheques and drafts
(2).Optical Mark Reader (OMR) scanner:-scanning the answer sheet of an objective
type test in which answer are marked by darkening a square or circle space by pencil
(3).Optical character Recognition (OCR) scanner:-used for direct reading of any printed
character
9. DIGITAL CAMERA
A computer with a vision input device consists of
digital camera
The camera creates an image of the objects in digital
form so that It can stored and interpreted by the
computer
The digital image of the object is matched against
similarly formed pre-stored images in the computer’s
image database
12. Monitor
Monitor are the most popular output device used today for producing soft copy output
A monitor is associated usually with a keyboard and together they form a video display
terminal
Two basic types of monitor:-
(1).Cathode Ray Tube(CRT):-The CRT monitor displays images with color that are consistent and
can be viewed with different angles
(2).Liquid Crystal Display (LCD):-The LCD monitor are thin and they use little space. They are
light in weight, consume less energy.
13. Printer
The printer is a device that print text document and image on paper
There are different types of printers:-
(1) .Dot-matrix:-Dot matrix printers are character printer that print one character at a time. They
form character and all kind of images as patterns of dots.
(2). Inkjet:-Inkjet printers are character printers that form characters and all kinds of images by
spraying small drops of ink on a paper .
(3) . Laser printer:- The laser printer uses a beam of laser for the purpose of printing and it is
consists of a revolving cylinder that is made up of photoconductive material
14. Projector:
Screen image projector is an output device used to project information from a computer on a
large screen
Additionally, a full-fledged multimedia presentation with audio, video, image and animation
can be prepared and made by using this facility
Like monitor, screen image projectors provide a temporary , soft- copy output