3. • Input device captures information and translates it into a form
that can be processed and used by other parts of your computer.
Keyboards
Pointing devices
Game controllers
Scanners
Styluses
Microphones
Digital cameras
Web cams
4.
5. The keyboard is the most common input
device. Types of keyboards include:
• Wireless
• Multimedia and one-touch access
• Portable keyboards for PDAs
6.
7. Pointing devices are mainly used to choose and enter
commands
Pointing devices tend to have PS/2 connectors or
USB connectors
• PS/2 connector fits into a PS/2 port, which a small round
socket with small holes that fit the pins on the connector
• USB connectors fit into USB ports, and these are small
rectangular openings on the back or front of your computer,
or even on your keyboard or monitor
8. Various pointing devices are available
Types of pointing devices:
• Mouse
Mechanical mouse
Optical mouse
Wireless mouse
• Trackball
• Touchpad
• Pointing stick
9. Game controllers are used mainly to play games
Types of gaming devices
• Gamepads
• Joysticks
• Gaming wheels
• Force feed
10. Other types of input devices include:
• Scanners
• Styluses
• Microphones
• Digital cameras
• Web cams
11. •Scanner is a light sensitive device that helps you
copy or capture images, photos, and artwork
that exist on paper. Types of scanners include:
Flatbed
12. • Stylus is an input device consisting of a thin
stick that uses pressure to enter information
or to click and point
• Styluses are used with:
PDAs
Tablet PCs
Graphics tablets
13. • Microphones are used to input
audio
• Three main types of
microphones are:
Desktop microphones
Headsets
Directional microphones
• Speech recognition is
increasingly being included in
application software
14.
15. Output devices take information
within your computer and present
it to you in a form that you can
understand
Main output devices:
Monitors
Printers
Speakers
19. Screen size measured as a diagonal line across the
screen – from corner to opposite corner
Resolution the number of pixels displayed on the
screen (the higher the resolution, the closer together
the dots)
Pixels (or picture element) dots that make up the
image on your screen
Dot pitch is the distance between the centers of a
pair of like-colored pixels
Refresh rate the speed with which a monitor redraws
the image of the screen, and is measured in hertz
20. Inkjet – most popular
Makes images by forcing droplets through
nozzles
Top speed is 20 pages per minute
Laser
Forms images using an electrostatic
process
Prints between 3 and 30 pages per minute
21. Resolution of a printer is the number of
dots per inch (dpi) it produces.
Higher the resolution, better the image,
and usually the more costly the printer
22. Multifunction printer:
• Scan, copy, fax, and print
• Can be either inkjet or laser
• Cost less than buying individual
units
• Take up less desk space
23. A speaker is a device that
produces computer output as
sound
Speakers are common devices
in computer systems
Examples include:
• Built-in speaker
• Two-device set speakers
• Surround sound speakers