What is touch screen?

A touchscreen is a display which can detect the location of touches within the display area, usually performed either with the human hand or a stylus.

This allows the display to be used as an input device, removing the keyboard and/or the mouse as the primary input device for interacting with the display's content. Such displays can be attached to computers or, as terminals, to networks. Touchscreens also have assisted in recent changes in the design of personal digital assistant (PDA), satellite navigation and mobile phone devices, making these devices more usable.

Electronic interface for touch screens

Capacitive touch screen 3M Touch Systems

Lcd chasis touch screen monitor

Flat panel touch screen monitor

History of touch screens  Touch screen concept was basically originated from the invention of the electronic touch interface in 1971 by Dr. Samuel C. Hurst.  In 1983 world's earliest commercial touchscreen computer hp-50

Hp-150

The HP-150, a "compact, powerful and innovative" computer made by Hewlett-Packard in 1983 and based on the Intel 8088, was one of the world's earliest commercialized touch screen computers.