INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES

INPUT DEVICES
• KEYBOARD
• MOUSE
• DIGITAL CAMERA
• MICROPHONE
• TOUCH SCREEN
• OPTICAL MARK READER(OMR)
• SCANNER
• SMART CARDS
• KEYBOARD
• KEYBOARD IS THE MOST COMMON INPUT DEVICE USED FOR ENTERING TEXT DATA DIRECTLY INTO A
COMPUTER.
• A COMPUTER KEYBOARD IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF A TYPEWRITER, BUT IT HAS ADDITIONAL KEYS AS WELL.
• THE MOST COMMON AVAILABLE COMPUTER KEYBOARD HAS 104 KEYS.
• MOUSE
 MOUSE IS ANOTHER POPULAR INPUT DEVICE USED WITH MODERN COMPUTERS.
 IT IS BASICALLY A POINTING DEVICE USED TO PROVIDE INPUT IN GRAPHIC-USER INTERFACE OPERATING
SYSTEMS.
 IT IS A SMALL PALM SIZE BOX, WHICH APPEARS A BIT LIKE A MOUSE.
• DIGITAL CAMERA
• DIGITAL CAMERAS ARE THE LATEST TYPE OF CAMERAS, WHICH RECORDS AND STORES PHOTOGRAPHIC
IMAGES.
• MANY CURRENT MODELS OF DIGITAL CAMERAS ARE ALSO CAPABLE TO CAPTURE SOUND OR VIDEO, IN
ADDITION TO STILL IMAGES.
• THE NUMBER OF PHOTOGRAPHS THAT A CAMERA CAN SHOOT DEPENDS ON THE MEMORY CAPACITY OF THE
CAMERA.
• MICROPHONE
 MICROPHONE IS THE COMMONLY USED AUDIO INPUT DEVICE IN COMPUTERS. IT IS
USED TO AMPLIFY OR RECORD THE SOUNDS USING COMPUTERS.
 THESE ARE THE DEVICES THAT TRANSFER SOUND INPUTS TO THE COMPUTER.
 MICROPHONES ARE BECOMING VERY COMMON DUE TO THE TREND OF CHATTING
AND VIDEO CONFERENCING.
• TOUCH SCREEN
• TOUCH SCREEN IS A SPECIAL INPUT DEVICE, WHICH ONLY NEEDS A FINGER TOUCH TO
SUPPLY INPUT TO THE SYSTEM.
• TOUCH SCREEN ARE THE MONITORS WITH A SPECIAL PRESSURE SENSITIVE SCREEN
THAT DETECTS THE TOUCH OF A FINGER ON A PARTICULAR POINT OF TIME.
• MOST OF THE ITEMS ARE COMING IN MARKET WITH TOUCH SCREEN ABILITY.
OPTICAL MARK READER
•  OMR IS A SPECIAL TYPE OF OPTICAL SCANNER, WHICH READS PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A MARK MADE
WITH PEN/PENCIL.
•  OMRS ARE VERY ECONOMICAL DEVICES AND CAN READ UP TO 10000 DOCUMENTS PER HOUR.
•  OMRS USE LASER BEAM SCANNING TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESS HUGE VOLUME OF DATA IN A VERY SHORT
SPAN OF TIME.
SCANNER
• SCANNER IS A VERY POPULAR INPUT DEVICE, WHICH WORKS MORE LIKE A PHOTOCOPY MACHINE.
• THEY ARE MAINLY USED TO TRANSFER PRINTED OR HANDMADE PICTURES, PHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXT-
DOCUMENT INTO COMPUTER.
• EVERY SCANNER HAS A VARIETY OF SPECIFICATIONS, INCLUDING RESOLUTION, COLOR DEPTH AND SPEED.
SMART CARDS
•  SMART CARDS ARE ELECTRONIC CARDS, WHICH ARE SMALL IN SIZE AND ARE MADE OF SOME PLASTIC
MATERIAL WITH AN EMBEDDED COMPUTER CHIP THAT STORE AND TRANSACTS DATA.
•  THESE CARDS ARE READ BY CARD READER, WHICH NORMALLY ACTS AS A SCANNER.
•  BANKS NORMALLY USE THE SMART CARDS. EACH CARD IS HAVING A UNIQUE NUMBER, WHICH HAS SOME
CODED DATA CONTAINED IN IT.
• OUTPUT DEVICES
• COMPUTER MONITOR
• SPEAKERS
• PRINTER
• PLOTTER
• COMPUTER MONITOR
• A MONITOR IS A SOFTCOPY OUTPUT DEVICE THAT PRODUCES OUTPUT IN THE
FORM OF A PICTURE ON THE SCREEN.
• IT IS JUST LIKE A TELEVISION SCREEN USUALLY USED TO SEE PROGRAMS ON A
COMPUTER.
• AT PRESENT, COMPUTER MONITORS ARE AVAILABLE IN A VARIETY OF SHAPES,
DESIGNS AND COLORS.
• SPEAKERS
 SPEAKERS ALSO PRODUCE SOFTCOPY OUTPUT IN THE FORM OF SOUNDS.
 SPEAKERS ARE USED TO PLAY SOUND IN COMPUTERS. THEY MAY BE BUILT-IN OR
EXTERNALLY CONNECTED TO YOUR SYSTEM.
 SPEAKERS ALLOW USER TO LISTEN TO MUSIC AND HEAR SOUND EFFECTS AND SPOKEN
TEXT USING COMPUTER.
• PRINTER
PRINTERS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT OUTPUT DEVICES, WHICH PRODUCE HARDCOPY
OUTPUT ON DIFFERENT TYPE OF PAPERS.
TWO COMMON WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRINTING ARE BLUETOOTH AND INFRARED.
IN BLUETOOTH PRINTING, A COMPUTER OR DEVICE TRANSMITS OUTPUT TO A PRINTER VIA
RADIO WAVES AND IN INFRARED PRINTING, A PRINTER COMMUNICATES WITH A DEVICE
USING INFRARED LIGHT WAVES.
• PLOTTER
• PLOTTER IS AN OUTPUT DEVICE THAT DRAWS PICTURES ON A LARGE PIECE OF
PAPER. PLOTTERS ARE MAINLY USED TO PRINT MAPS, LAYOUTS, BANNERS, AND
REPORTS THAT ARE VERY LARGE IN SIZE.
• THE MAIN ADVANTAGE OF PLOTTER IS PRODUCING LINE DRAWINGS WITH A
VERY HIGH DEGREE OR ACCURACY.