Basic Input Devices
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Device Image Description Uses
Keyboard
A very common input device which has a set of
buttons. Text, numbers and symbols can be
entered
- General text entry
such as writing letters
etc
- Shortcuts/Commands
Numeric
Keypad /
Pin Pad
Used to enter numeric data into computers such
as those in ATMs
Mouse
A mouse is very common it enable you to con
troll your screen by moving it around
Touchpad
A pointing device found on most laptops. Used
instead of a mouse since it takes up less space.
The user moves a finger across the touch pad
and this movement data is sent to the computer
Tracker
ball
This pointing device is not moved about like a mouse
, instead it has a large ball that the user spins. Data
about which direction the ball is spun is passed to
the computer
Graphics
Tablet
Remote
Control
Remote control is there for the TV so you can
control what you watch on the TV
It allows you to pick a
channel
Joystick/
Joypad
Light Pen
Touch
Screen
Touch screen allows you to move around your
phone with your by touching it
Device Image Description Uses
Magnetic
Strip
Reader
Many plastic cards, such as credit cards, have a
strip of material that can be magnetised on the
back. Data can be stored here in the form of
magnetised dots.
Data can be stored here
in the form of
magnetised dots.
Chip
Reader
Modern credit cards and ID cards dont use a
magnetic strip. Instead they have a tiny chip of
computer memory embedded inside them.
Data can be stored in
this memory and read
back using a chip
reader.
Scanner
A scanner works by shining a beam of light onto
The surface of the object that you are scanning.
This light is then reflected back onto a sensor
that detects the colour of light.
Scanned images can be
further processed once
inside the computer, e.g.
OCR of printed text.
Digital
Camera
Most digital cameras do not directly input data
into a computer - they store photographs on
memory cards. The photographs can later be
transferred to a computer.
Can transfer pictures to
the computer by input
data
Video
Camera
Like a digital camera, most video cameras do
not directly input data into a computer the
captured movies are stored on video-tape or
memory cards and later transferred to a
computer.
Webcam
Micro-
phone
MICR
Reader
OMR
Scanner
Optical character recognition. Consists of
normal scanner and some special software.
The scanner is used to
scan text on a document
OCR
Scanner
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a
software technology that can convert images of
text into an actual text file that can then be
edited, e.g. using word-processing software).
The result is just as if the text had been typed in
by hand.
Barcode
Scanner
This scan barcode like on food They use this at a till
when you pay for your
food at supermarkets
