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Introduction To Computers Module 7 Input and Output S2 21

The document discusses various input and output devices used with computers. It describes common input devices like keyboards, mice, touchscreens, scanners, and microphones. It also covers different types of output devices such as monitors, printers, speakers, and projectors. The document provides details on how each device works and examples of specific models for different purposes.

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Introduction To Computers Module 7 Input and Output S2 21

The document discusses various input and output devices used with computers. It describes common input devices like keyboards, mice, touchscreens, scanners, and microphones. It also covers different types of output devices such as monitors, printers, speakers, and projectors. The document provides details on how each device works and examples of specific models for different purposes.

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Information Management and Technology 1

Department of Information and Corporate Management

2021 MRS C NAIDOO


Input Devices
 Any data and instructions entered into the memory of a
computer is input.
 Input devices is any hardware components that allows
users to enter data and instructions into a computer.
 Instructions that a computer or mobile device
processes can be in the form of:
 -Software: a series of related instructions, it tells the
computer what tasks to perform and how to perform them.
 -Command: is an instruction that’s cause a program or app
to perform a specific action.
 -User response: an instruction a user issues by responding
to a message displayed by a program or app.
Input Devices
 The keyboard
 This device has keys which users press to enter
data and instructions into a computer;
 All desktop computer keyboards have a typing area
that includes the letters of the alphabet, numbers,
punctuation marks, and other basic keys;
 On the right hand side of the keyboard is the
numeric keypad.
Input Devices
 The keyboard continues….

 -Function Keys
 -Toggle key
 -A Keyboard Shortcut

 Page 7-3 of the textbook


Input Devices
 Pointing devices:
 Mouse
 Is a pointing device that comfortably fits under the
palm of your hand;
 Most widely used pointing device on desktop
computers;
 The user controls the movement of the pointer with a
mouse;
 The pointer on the screen also moves, when you move
the mouse.
Input Devices
 Trackball
 Is a stationery pointing device with a ball on its top or side;
 You rotate the ball with your thumb, fingers or palm of your
hand to move the pointer using a trackball;
 Needs to be cleaned often.
 Touchpad
 Is found on the keyboard just below the keys. A flat
rectangular pointing device that is sensitive to pressure and
motion;
 By sliding your fingertips across the surface of the pad
allows the user to move the pointer using a touchpad.
Input Devices
 Touch Screens and Touch-Sensitive Pads- screen
sensitive to touch. Users can interact with the touch screen
by touching areas of the screen. Touch sensitive pads don’t
have touch screens like the portable media player. E.g. iPod
 Pen Input- it can be a digital pen or stylus used on a flat
surface to write, draw or make further selections. It can be a
monitor, tablet, even a mobile device.
 What is a Stylus?
 What is a Digital Pen?

Motion, Voice, and Video Input


 Voice input – a microphone can be used to input data,
instructions. It can be a stand alone item or built-in to the
computer or devices or on the headset.
Input Devices
 Audio input – it’s the entering of any sound to the
computer like, music, sound effects, etc.
 Video Input – capturing full-motion images and
storing them to the computer’s storage medium such
as a hard disk or optical disk.
 Webcams – it enables a home or business to use to
capture video and still images, add live images to
instant messages.
 Video conferencing – a meeting between 2 or more
persons who are not located close by and use a
network of internet to transmit audio and video data.
Input Devices
 Scanners and reading devices – saving of time by no
longer entering data manually. No need to type, speak
or write into the computer. It captures from the source
documents the original form of the data.
 Optical scanner (scanner) – a light-sensing device
that reads printed work like text and graphs and
translate it into a form the computer understands.
 Optical readers - a reader that uses light source to
read a character, codes etc. and converts to digital data
that a computer processes. Optical character
recognition (OCR) and optical mark recognition
(OMR) are optical readers.
Input Devices
 Bar Code readers (bar code scanner), uses laser
beams to read bar codes by using light beams that pass
through the bar code lines.
 QR Code – (quick response code) is known as a 2-D
bar code because it stores information in both a
vertical and horizontal direction.
 The information that it stores can correspond to a web
address or content, like contacts or phone numbers.
 Can be read with a QR bar code reader or on a smart
phone using the QR code reader app.
 Refer to figure 7-18 on page 7-17.
Input Devices
 Radio frequency identification (RFID) readers,
radio signals are used to communicate with a tag
placed on a object, person, etc. These tags contain a
memory chip and antenna. RFID reads via radio waves
reads information.

 Magstripe reader short for Magnetic stripe card


readers, reads the magnetic stripe on the back of
credit cards.
Input Devices
 Magnetic-ink character recognition (MICR),
mostly used in the banking sector with check
processing. It reads text printed with magnetized ink.
Each cheque is precoded with MICR characters
starting at the lower left-hand edge. Figure 7-21
Page 7-20
Output Devices
 Data that has been processed into a useful form is
Output.
 Output device is any type of hardware component that
conveys information to one or more people.
 Types of Output: page 7-21, figure 7-23
 -Text
 -Graphics
 -Audio
 -Video
Output Devices
 Display Devices
 Can convey graphics, texts and video information
visually.
 It displays information.
 Sometimes information on a display device can be
referred to as a soft copy, appears for a short period of
time and exists electronically.
 Usually consists of a screen and components that
produce the information on the screen.
Output Devices
 Display Devices continues…..
 For eg. Desktop computers has a monitor as their
display device.
 LCD Monitor and Screens - Desktop monitor that
uses liquid crystal display (LCD) to produce images.
 LCD Monitor – a digital signal is used to produce a
picture. To get the highest quality images, the monitor
should be plugged in a DVI port (Digital video
interface), HDMI port (High-definition media
interface) or a display port.
Output Devices
 Display Devices continues…..

 DTVs and Smart TVs – this display device can be used


by home users.
 Gamers also use a television as their output device.
They plug one end of a cable in the game console and
the other end in the video port on the television
Output Devices
 Printers
 On a physical medium such as paper this output
device produces text and graphics.
 This printed information, known as a hard copy, exists
physically and is a more permanent form of output
than that presented on a display device (soft copy).
 The orientation when printed can be in landscape or
portrait. The hardcopy is also called a printout.
 Producing printed output – connecting a computer to
a printer with a cable is normally how printing a
document is done.
Output Devices
 But today wireless printing technology makes the task
of printing from notebook computer, digital camera,
smart phone so much easier.
 Nonimpact Printers- this printer forms characters
and graphics on a piece of paper without actually
striking the paper. Some spray ink, while others use
heat or pressure to create images.
Output Devices
 List of commonly used nonimpact printers are:
 1. Ink-jet printers- forms characters and graphics by
spraying tiny drops of liquid ink onto a piece of paper.
Prints in both black & white and colour.
 2. Photo printers- produces photo-lab-quality pictures
in colour.
 3. Laser printers- high speed and quality. Prints in
both black & white and colour.
Output Devices
 4. 3-D Printers- a process called additive
manufacturing is used to create an object by adding
material to a three-dimensional object, one horizontal
layer at a time. 3-D printers can print solid objects,
such as clothing, eyewear, toys, etc.

 5. Thermal printers- electrically heated pins push


against heat sensitive paper to form images. Basic
printer is not expensive but print quality is low and
tends to fade over time.
Output Devices
 6. Mobile printers- it is a battery powered, small and
lightweight printer. It allows a mobile user to print
from a notebook computer, smartphone or other
mobile device while travelling.
 7. Plotters and Large-format printers- Plotters is used
in specialised fields such as engineering and drafting,
very costly. Produces high quality drawings, like
blueprints, maps, etc. Large format printers creates
photo-realistic-quality colour prints. Graphic artists
use these high cost, high performance printers for
signs, posters, etc.
Output Devices
 Impact printers – this printer forms characters and or
graphics on a piece of paper by striking a mechanism
against an inked ribbon that physical touches or
contacts the paper. Because of the striking action it is
a noisy printer.
Other Output Devices
 Speakers, headphones and earbuds
 This audio output device is a component of the
computer which can produce speech, music or other
sounds , maybe beeps.
 Most commonly used are speakers, headphones and
earbuds.
Output Devices
 1. Speakers – an internal speaker can be found on
most personal computers and or mobile devices that
emits only low-quality sound. Some uses may attach
surround sound speakers or speaker systems to their
computer. To generate high quality sounds.
 2. Headphones and Earbuds – the individual using it
can hear the sound directly from the computer.
earbuds rest inside the ear canal but headphones are
placed and cover the outside of the ears.
Output Devices
 Other output devices – used for specific uses and
applications like the
 1. Data projectors- it projects a larger image on a larger
screen of the image or graphic from a computer screen
so that many people can view it together.
 2. Interactive Whiteboards- a touch sensitive device,
looks like a dry-erase board, that displays the image on
a connected computer screen.

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