INPUT AND OUTPUT

DEVICES OF
COMPUTER
Input Devices

 Definition

 “Hardware devices that allow data to be entered into a computer.”

 Examples
 Keyboard, Numeric Keypad, Pointing Device, Digital Camera, Scanner, Touch Screen, etc.
Types Of Input Devices

Manual input devices Direct input devices

 Definition  Definition
 Require humans to do most of the work  Do not require much human interaction
needed to get data into the system to get their data into a computer.
 Examples  Examples
 Keyboard, Numeric keypad, scanner, joy  Barcode reader, MICR, OCR, OMR
stick, etc.
Chip and pin reader, etc.
Key Board:
Key board is one of the main input
device used to input letters,
characters, numbers.
It is also use to give different
commands to a computer like:
# CTRL + P to Print
# CTRL + S to Save
# CTRL + C to Copy, etc.
Most of the computer use
QWERTY layout.
 Mouse
 Helps the user to control the position of
cursor on the screen by pointing on the
objects and execute commands by
clicking on objects.
 Mouse uses for opening, closing,
maximizing and minimizing program
files.
 Moving, grouping and deleting files
 Editing images, etc.
Touch Screen
Touch screen allow users to input
commands into a computer by
pressing or touching buttons, icons
on the screen.
Giving users this ability to touch or
press icons on the screen removes
the need to use a mouse.
Very and easy to enter options.
Touch screens are more suitable for
use with a limited amount of
options.
Scanners
Scanners are used to enter
information on paper into a
computer.
Scanners convert hard copies into
digital data. This digital data can
then be stored and manipulated on
your computer.
Scanners reflect light of the hard
copy in order to capture an
analogue image of the document.
The scanner then converts the
received analogue data into a
digital format.
Microphones
Microphones are used to input
analogue sounds into a digital
computer.
The job of the microphone is to
input analogue sound signals into
the computer where the sound
card will convert analogue sound
into digital (in other words the
sound cards will ‘digitize’ the
analogue into 1’s and 0’s).
Once digitized the sounds can be
stored and used by the computer.
Optical Mark
Reader(OMR)
The OMR reader shines a light
onto the form and less light is
reflected where a pencil mark has
been made.
This allows the reader to tell which
options have been chosen and
sends the results back to a
computer.
Optical mark readers can input the
data held on forms(such as multiple
choice exams) very fast.
Up to 4000 sheets per hour can be
processed this way.
Out Put Devices

 Definition

 “Hardware devices that allow information to be sent out of a computer system”.

 Example
 CRT Monitor, TFT Monitor, Laser Printer, Inkjet Printer, Dot Matrix Printer, Plotter,
Speakers, etc.
Inkjet Printer
These are used to produce high
quality hard copies. Ink is stored in
and delivered to the paper via ink
cartridge. Inkjets can print in both
black and white color. Inkjet
printers have small amounts of
internal memory to store print jobs
so printing is done a bit at a time.
The ink is held in ink cartridges and
there are four different colors-
black, cyan, magenta and yellow.
Motors are use to positon the ink
cartridges over the correct position
of the page and to drag the paper
through the printer.
CRT Monitor
(cathode ray tube)
These are the old, bulky, heavy
monitors that are still in use today.
These are the least expensive types
of monitor.
CRT’s are becoming rare as TFT
monitors are replacing them.
CRT’s produce an image(made up
of tiny dots) by firing electron
beams against a phosphorus
screen.
Each dot is colored RED, GREEN
and BLUE of different intensities
which produces a vast amount of
different colors.
TFT Monitors
(thin film transistor)

These are thin flat screened

monitors that are commonly seen
today.
As they become cheaper, these
have taken over from CRT
monitors as the most popular.
TFT screens are made up of
thousands of tiny pixels. Each
pixel has three transistor-red,
green, and blue and each transistor
can produce different intensities.
A back light is used to shine light
on to these pixels in order for the
colors to be produced.
Laser Printer
These produce high quality hard
copy outputs(on paper).
Laser printer use toner pressed on a
page to produce printed documents.
Laser printer work by using a laser
beam to draw onto a drum.
A special power known as ’toner’
is sprayed on to the drum and it
sticks to the parts that contain the
positive electric charge. The drum
is then pressed on to sheet of
paper and the paper is heated. So
that the toner is bound to the
paper.
Dot Matrix
Printer
Often called an “impact printer”
where pins are pressed against an
inked ribbon which produces an
imprint on paper.
They are very slow, noisy and
produce poor quality outputs.
These printers work by using a set
of pins to press an ink ribbon
against paper. When the pin ribbon
hits the paper a printed dot left
behind. The dots can be arranged to
form basic text and images.
SPEAKERS
Many everyday uses of a
computer require the user to
listen two different types of
sounds.
Speaker can be connected
directly to the computer or are
built in to the monitor or casing.
Speakers are analogue and can
not output digital computerized
sounds. Digital data form the
computer must first be converted
into analogue sound using a
sound card.
The analogue sound can then be
output via the speakers and we
can listen to it.
THE END

MADE BY : ZOYA ASIF