COMPUTER APPLICATION-I

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER
HISTORY OF KEYBOARD

 Christopher Latham Sholes was an

American inventor who invented the
keyboard  in 1868, , and along with Samuel
W. Soule, Carlos Glidden and John Pratt, has
been contended as one of the inventors of
the first typewriter in the United States.
FIRST KEYBOARD INVENTED
DEFINITION OF KEYBOARD
 A computer keyboard is an input device that
allows a person to enter letters, numbers, and
other symbols (these are called characters)
into a computer. It is one of the most
used input devices for computers. ... A
keyboard contains many mechanical
switches or push-buttons called "keys".
MODERN KEYBOARD
QWERTY KEYBOARD
TYPES OF KEYBOARD
 1. Qwerty keyboard
 2. Gaming keyboard
 3. Ergonomic keyboard
 4. wireless keyboard
 5. Membrane keyboard
 6. Virtual keyboard
 7. Choarded keyboard
 8. IBM keyboard
 9. Overlay keyboard
 1o. Silicon keyboard
FEATURES

 A computer keyboard is an input device used

to enter characters and functions into the
computer system by pressing buttons, or
keys. It is the primary device used to enter
text. A keyboard typically contains keys for
individual letters, numbers and special
characters, as well as keys for
specific functions.
ADVANTAGES OF KEYBOARD

 Most computers come with

a keyboard supplied.
 People are used to using keyboards to enter
data, they need very little training
DISADVANTAGES OF KEYBOARD

 It is easy to make mistakes when typing the

data.
 If you can’t touch type ,it may be time
consuming to enter data