Input devices

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 Definition
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 Any hardware component used to enter data
and instructions to the computer or mobile
devices is called input devices.
 It takes input from user and convert it in to a
form that a computer can understand and use .
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 Some examples of most popular and commonly used input devices are :
 Keyboard
 joystick
 Mouse
 microphone
 Scanner
 Optical reader
 Touch screen
 trackball
 keyboard
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 Most commonly used input device ..
 Created in the early 1870s by Christopher Latham Sholes
 Type writers were used as keyboards in past .
 Used to enter characters and functions into the computer by pressing
buttons .
 MOUSE
 A popular pointing device Containing one wheel and 2 to 3 buttons .
 Douglas Engelbart invented the computer mouse.
 FUNCTION OF MOUSE:
 Used to point to a place on a display screen and
 To select one or more actions to take from that position.
  SCANNER
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 It's like a digital photocopier that captures the content of a image and
saves it as a file.
 The Pan telegraph was a device used as scanner in past .
 Invented by , Russell A. Kirsch in 1957.
 A device that allows you to digitize physical document, and convert
them into a digital format.
 JOYSTICK
 It is also a pointing device.
 Ralph H. Baer, invented by Ralph H.Baer in 1967.
 Mainly used in CAD and playing games.
 It can be moved in all 4 directions .
BARCODE READER
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 Barcode reader is a device used for reading barcode data by
scanning image.
 Invented by Bernard Silver .
 Used in numbering the books and labeling goods

MICROPHONE
 Microphone is an input device to input sound that is stored in
digital form ..
 The carbon microphone was the earliest type of microphone
(invented by Emile Berliner).
 Used for adding sound to a multimedia presentation.
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