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Input Devices

Input devices serve as the interface between users and computers, translating user information into a format that computers can understand. Various types of input devices include keyboards, mice, scanners, and biometric scanners, each designed to facilitate specific interactions with computers. The evolution of input devices continues to enhance user experience and interaction with technology.

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Input Devices

Input devices serve as the interface between users and computers, translating user information into a format that computers can understand. Various types of input devices include keyboards, mice, scanners, and biometric scanners, each designed to facilitate specific interactions with computers. The evolution of input devices continues to enhance user experience and interaction with technology.

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Input Devices

Input Devices are the units for making link between user and computer. The input devices
translate the information into the form understandable by the computer. Due to ICT
revolution, we are day by day encountering different variety of Input devices around us.
These new generation of input devices are being created with the sole objective of making
Interaction between human a machine flawless.
• Keyboard: The most common and very popular input device which helps in inputting data
to the computer.
• Mouse: Mouse is the most popular pointing device and cursor-control device having a small
palm size box with a round-ball at its base which senses the movement of a mouse and sends
corresponding signals to CPU when the mouse buttons are pressed.
• Trackpad: Also known as a trackpad, a touchpad is a common substitute for a computer
mouse. It is essentially a specialized surface that can detect the movement of a user's finger
and use that information to direct a pointer and control a computer.
• Joy Stick: It is used to move cursor position on a monitor screen. It is mainly used in
Computer Aided Designing (CAD) and playing computer games.
• Light pen: It is used to select a displayed menu item or draw pictures on the monitor screen.
• Track Ball: Mostly used in notebook or laptop computer, instead of a mouse. This is a ball
which is half inserted and by moving fingers on the ball, the pointer can be moved.
• Scanner: A scanner allows you to scan printed material and convert it into a file format that
may be used within the Personal Computer.
• Graphic Tablet: Also known as digitizers, graphic tablets are input devices used for
converting hand-drawn artwork into digital images. It converts analog information into digital
form. The user draws with a stylus on a special flat surface as if they were drawing on a piece
of paper. The drawing appears on the computer screen and can be saved, edited, or printed.
• Microphone: Microphone is an input device to input sound that is then stored in digital
form.
• Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR): MICR input device is generally used in banks
because of a large number of a cheque to be processed every day.

• Optical character recognition (OCR): OCR converts a scanned image into text.
• Digital Camera: Digital cameras are also an input device as they are used to capture
photographs and videos independently. Later, these photo and video files can be transferred to
a computer.
• Webcams: They are necessary input devices for task like videoconferencing. Webcams are
different from digital cameras in two ways. Firstly, they cannot operate independently from a
computer, and second, they have no inbuilt memory. Although webcams can capture
photographs and videos, they are more often used to live-stream videos or facilitate video
chats.
• Barcode reader: A barcode scanner or reader is a device used to read barcodes printed on
packed products. Most businesses buy barcode scanners for use during the checkout process.
• Gamepad: The wired or wireless gaming remotes used for playing xbox, playstation etc. are
also input devices.
• MIDI keyboard: A MIDI keyboard or controller keyboard is typically a piano-style
electronic musical keyboard, often with other buttons, wheels and sliders, used for sending
MIDI signals or commands over a USB or MIDI 5-pin cable to other musical devices or
computers connected and operating on the same MIDI protocol.
• Pen Input: Pen input refers to the way Windows lets you interact directly with a computer
using a pen. A pen can be used for pointing and also for gestures, simple text entry, and
capturing free-form thoughts in digital ink.
• Electronic Whiteboard: An electronic whiteboard is a hardware device that is similar to a
whiteboard that is found in schools and businesses. It transmits any information written it to a
computer or multiple computers. They also allow live interaction with digital objects on the
screen.
• Punch card reader: It is a computer input device used to read computer programs in either
source or executable form and data from punched cards.
• Optical mark recognition (OMR): the technology of electronically
extracting intended data from marked fields, such as checkboxes and fill- infields, on printed
forms. OMR technology scans a printed form and reads predefined positions and records
where marks are made on the form.
• Biometric scanner: Biometric input device measures a unique physical characteristic of a
person. The most common biometric devices are used to input a person's fingerprint into a
computer. More sophisticated devices use a camera to input a description of a person's iris
(the coloured part of the eye).

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