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OPERATION AND USE OF PERIPHERAL

DEVICES

Computer Peripheral Device- is any device connected either internally or


externally that provides input and output to the computer.

Some Common Input Devices:


• Keyboard - use to enter data and instructions to the computer.
• Mouse - is a pointing device that allows the user to control a pointer on the screen.
• Joystick - is a vertical lever mounted on a base. You move the lever in different
directions to control the actions of the simulated vehicle or player.
Some Common Input Devices:
• Pen Tablet (or a graphic tablet) - is a flat, rectangular, electronic plastic
board used by architects, mapmakers, designers and home users to create
drawings and sketches by using a pressure-sensitive pen or a cursor.
• Scanner- is a light sensing input device that reads printed text and
graphics and then translates the results into a form the computer can
process.
• Digital Camera - allows you to take digital pictures and store the
photographed images digitally, instead of a traditional film.
• Digital Video Camera - Digital video (DV) camera records video as digital
signals instead of analog signals. While PC Camera is a type of Digital Video
camera that enables a home or small business user to capture video and still
images, send e-mail messages with video attachments.
• Microphone - allows computer users to input audio into the computers.
Some Common Output Devices:
• Monitor - is a display device that is packaged as a separate peripheral.
Desktop computer typically use a monitor as their display device. Most
display device show text, graphics, and video information in color. Some
however are monochrome.
• Projector is a device that takes the text and images displaying on a
computer screen and projects them on a larger screen so an audience can see
the image clearly.
• Printer - is an output device that produces text and graphics on a physical
medium such as paper or transparency film.
• Speakers - produces music, speech and other sounds, such as beeps.
Typically have tone and volume controls, allowing users to adjust settings.
Devices that function as both input and output:
• External Hard Drives
• Media Card Readers
• Digital Camcorders
• Digital Mixers
• MIDI Equipment
Prepared by:

VALLEREMIE A. MITRA
Instructor I

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