INPUT

DEVICES
Input is all information
put into a computer. Input
can be supplied from a
variety of sources:
– A person
• Another computer

• A peripheral device
 TPYES OF INPUT
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DEVICES
MOUSE
• KEYBOARD
• JOYSTICK
• SCANNER
• LIGHT PEN
 MOUSE
Mouse is a pointing device.
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ü IT consists of two clicks

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name mouse originated at
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the Stanford Research Institute
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üThe optical mouse technology
was invented by Thomas
Hornak, and Mark T. Smith at HP
Labs.
 KEYBOARD
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ü The keyboard is used to type text and
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numbers into a word processor, text editor
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or other program.
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ü A keyboard is also used to give commands
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to the operating system of a computer, such

as Windows Control-Alt-Delete.
ü THE keyboard consists of 104 keys as a

basic keys and few more keys as multimedia

keys.
 JOYSTICK
Joysticks are often used to control video
ü

games, and usually have one or more

push-buttons.

üJoysticks are also used for controlling

machines such as cranes, trucks,
underwater vehicles, wheelchairs,
cameras and mobile phones.
 SCANNER
ü An electronic device that generates a digital
representation of an image for data input to a
computer.
ü A scanner works by digitizing an image.
ü scanner works as both input as well as output
device.
ü The first image scanner was invented 1997.
 LIGHT PEN
The first light pen was created around 1952.

It allows the user to point to displayed

objects, or draw on the screen, in a similar
way to a touch screen but with greater
positional accuracy.
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BY:
GAURAV KAUSHK