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Vocabulaty Input Devices

An input device allows data to be entered into a computer. Common input devices include keyboards, mice, touchpads, joysticks, touch screens, scanners, graphics tablets, microphones, and webcams. The keyboard is the most widely used input device and consists of alphabetic, numeric, function, arrow, and command keys. Mice usually have two buttons and a scroll wheel to navigate web pages. Touchpads are input devices found on laptops. Joysticks provide realistic game control. Touch screens display options and accept touch input. Scanners digitize paper documents. Graphics tablets enable precise drawings. Microphones input sound and webcams capture video.

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Vocabulaty Input Devices

An input device allows data to be entered into a computer. Common input devices include keyboards, mice, touchpads, joysticks, touch screens, scanners, graphics tablets, microphones, and webcams. The keyboard is the most widely used input device and consists of alphabetic, numeric, function, arrow, and command keys. Mice usually have two buttons and a scroll wheel to navigate web pages. Touchpads are input devices found on laptops. Joysticks provide realistic game control. Touch screens display options and accept touch input. Scanners digitize paper documents. Graphics tablets enable precise drawings. Microphones input sound and webcams capture video.

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An input device is a piece of hardware that is used to enter data into a computer.

Examples of input devices are the keyboard, the mouse, the touchpad, the joystick, is the touch screen, the scanner, the graphics tablet, the microphone, and the webcam. The keyboard the most common and widely used input device. It is made up of buttons called keys. The keys are arranged into sections: (i) alphabet keys, (ii) Function or F keys (F1, F2), (iii) numeric keys, (iv) arrow keys, (v) command keys (insert, delete, home) A mouse usually has two buttons, a right and left one and also a central wheel which allows you to scroll down and up the page. When you press of the buttons in the mouse, you click. A touchpad is an input device which is usually found on a laptop computer. Joystick let computer gamers experience a more realistic game environment. A touch screen works both as an input and output device. You view the options available to you on the screen (output) and then you use your finger to touch the option that you have chosen (input). A scanner can be used to convert images or texts on paper into a digital format that can be used by the computer. A graphic to tablet is used by graphic designers and a illustrators produce more accurate drawings than using

mouse for example. A microphone is used to input sound. A webcam is an input device because it captures a video image of the scene in front of it. It is either built in to the computer (e.g. laptop) or it is connected through a USB cable. www.teach-ict.com

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