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Computer
A computer is a
electronic device that is
capable of doing
calculations based on the
facts provided and the
instructions fed to it.
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 Input Devices
 T he devices which are
capable of getting data and
instructions from the user and
giving it to the computer are
called as Input devices.
 Any number of such devices
can be attached to the
computer.

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 Input Devices - Examples
Keyboard Digital Camera
Mouse Light pen
Joy Stick Magnetic reader
Scanner Smart Cards
MICR Notes Taker
OCR Microphone
OMR Track ball
Touch Pad Touch Sensitive Screen
Bar Code Reader

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 Key Board
T he keyboar d has a set of ke ys
that enable us to enter data into
the computer . The keyboard
detects the key and translates
into ( ASCII code ) machine
readab le for m . N owadays they
have more t han 104 ke ys . So me
key s a re p rovided two in numbe r
one for the left and other for the
right hand .
American Standard Code For
Information Interchange
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Key Board
 Along with alphabets and
numbers it has direction keys,
special keys like Alt, Ctrl,
Shift, Tab and Windows key.
 To the right of the key board
you’ve separate direction keys
, numerical keypad .
 Sometimes it may’ve other
facilities like touch pad,
track ball, smart card reader
etc.,
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Keyboard – Varieties - Eg
With Track Ball With Smart Card
reader

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 MOUSE
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 I t controls the movement of the

cursor on the screen. We can roll
it on a flat surface, the ball at the
bottom of it moves and this is
converted into signals and sent to
the computer. Today we use
Optical scroll mouse, which uses
laser light instead of the ball.
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 MOUSE
Optical Mouse Showing Laser Wireless Mouse

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 JOY STICK
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The Handle of the joy stick is used

to move and give the direction of
movement to the computer. It is
similar to the one used in planes. It
has got a few buttons too, to
perform other actions.
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 JOY STICK

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 TOUCH PAD
 It is a variety of graphics tablet that
uses pressure sensors, rather than the
electromagnetics used in more
expensive high-resolution tablets, to
track the position of a device on its
surface.
 Normally we can see this on a Lap
top, where the mouse is replaced by
this.
 The cursor on the screen is moved by
moving the fingers on the pad.
 Sometimes it may’ve buttons to
initiate clicks ( Single & Double )
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 Touch Pad with buttons

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Touch Pad of a Lap Top
 Scanner
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 It allows information such as

an image or text to be
converted into a photo or as a
stream of data respectively.
 They are useful for the
Publishing and multi-media
applications
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Bar Code Reader
 These are used in places
like supermarkets and
bookshops etc.,
 A bar code is a printed
pattern in lines of different
thickness .
 This reads the bar code and
sends it to the computer.
Error free entries are got.
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Bar Codes
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Optical Mark Reading &
Recognition - OMR
In this method special pre printed
forms that could be marked with
HB pencils or ball pens are used.
These are then fed into a OMR
reader which translates it into
computer readable form.
This is widely used in objective
type answer sheets evaluation .
 Optical Mark Reading &
Recognition OMR

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 OMR - Reader

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 Track Ball
Here a ball is moved to move the
pointer on the screen.
It is a pointing device.

It might have one or more buttons

to initiate other actions

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 Track Ball

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 Track Ball
Old Model Along with mouse

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 Track Ball

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 Smart Cards
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T his input device stores

data in a micro processor
embedded in the card,
Which can be updated.
This allows information to
be updated on the card.
Most of ID cards & some
phone cards use this
method.
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 Smart Card

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 Smart card reader

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Magnetic Ink Character
Recognition MICR
It is mainly used in processing
bank cheques, where the
cheque’s number is printed using
special magnetic ink.
This could then be recognized
using a special input unit which
can read the MICR characters .
This method assures error free
input, ensures security and saves
time.
 MICR – Coded cheque

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Optical Character
Recognition OCR
 It per mits t he dir ect re ading from
printed matter but no special ink
is nee ded . I n OCR a use r can scan
a page from the book .
The computer wil l reco gnize the
characters i n the page as le tters
and punctuation marks, a nd stores
it.
 It ca n be easily edite d usi ng a
word processor .
 OCR – A Character Set

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Microphone
 It is a voice input device.
 Using this along with
speech recognition
software can offer a
completely new approach
to input information to
your computer.
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Magnetic Card Reader

oI t reads a magnetic strip on
card. It is handy and data can
be stored and easily retrieved .

oT he credit cards, ATM cards,

Petro cards etc., stores data in
magnetic strip which can be
easily read by the reader.
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 Card Reader with card

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 LIGHT PEN
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 A light pen is a poi nting de vice

sha ped like a pen and is connected
to the monitor ( Screen ) .
 The t ip of the pe n contai ns a
light sensitive element which
detects light from the screen
ena bling it to detect its position
on the screen .
 Sometimes it is inacc urate and
uncomfortable to use.
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Light Pen
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Touch Sensitive Screen

It is a pointing device which can
used to directly point out things on
the screen, using our fingers.
It senses the touch on the object
area, which is predefined and our
selection is communicated with the
computer.
It is used in public places ( Example
Railway station ) to impart
information to those who are in need
of it.
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 Touch Panel

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Digital Camera – WEB CAM

 It is mainly used to capture

images or video , stores it and
sends it as digital input to the
computer.
 It is a modern, relatively new
method.
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Notes Taker
 Notes taker is a device that
captures hand writing on any
surface onto a computer .

 It uses a electronic pen , it

displays the user’s writing ,
drawings on computer .

 This can be stored for future

use.
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 Mobile Notes Taker

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Punched Cards
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Jacquard cards
Jacquard Punched card

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Content Developer