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Input Devices

Input devices are hardware components that allow users to provide data and control instructions to a computer, which are then processed by the CPU. Common input devices include keyboards, mice, styluses, scanners, and webcams, each serving specific functions for user interaction. The primary role of these devices is to convert raw user input into machine language for computer understanding.

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Input Devices

Input devices are hardware components that allow users to provide data and control instructions to a computer, which are then processed by the CPU. Common input devices include keyboards, mice, styluses, scanners, and webcams, each serving specific functions for user interaction. The primary role of these devices is to convert raw user input into machine language for computer understanding.

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Hello, today I'm going to talk about INPUT DEVICES.

An input device is essentially a piece of hardware that allows users to provide data,
information, or control instructions to a computer used for interaction and control. Data is entered
into a computer in a raw format, which is converted into computer understandable language by
input devices and processed by a central processing unit (CPU) to produce output.
The main function of the input device on the computer is a kind of peripheral device
that helps communicate with processing units of the computer. In other words, the computer
accepts raw input from users and translates received input into machine language using input
devices.
The most common Input Devices are:
keyboard
mouse
stylus
scanner
webcam
The keyboard is one of the primary input devices, which helps in entering data and
commands in a computer. A normal keyboard usually has a variety of keys, such as alphabetic
character keys, function keys, number keys, arrow keys, and control keys.
A mouse is the most common and very popular pointing device that helps interact with a
computer through a process called 'point and click'. This is mainly used to move a cursor on the
computer's screen and click on the corresponding object using its buttons (usually left, right, and
middle key roller buttons).
The touchpad, also known as a trackpad, is an input device that is primarily integrated
with a laptop. It is nothing but a common alternative to a mouse and also helps to make computer
devices compact, small, and lightweight.
A stylus is an input device used to draw or write on the surface of digitizes and touch-
screens. Nowadays people are using a stylus with smartphones and tablets instead of fingers.
A scanner is a device that optically scans images, handwriting, printed text, or an object;
and converts it to a digital image.
Webcam can capture images and videos and convert them into a digital form. A webcam
is slightly different from a digital camera. Unlike digital cameras, webcams cannot operate
independently. They should be connected to a computer. Also, webcams have no inbuilt memory;
they use the computer's storage to save captured data.
The primary function of an input device is to convert raw data given by users to
machine language because computers only understand machine language and not raw input. The
input device is known as the elector-mechanical component of a computer system.

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