Discovering Computers

Fundamentals,
2010 Edition
Living in a Digital World
Objectives Overview

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Objectives Overview

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What Is Input?

• Input is any data and instructions entered into the

memory of a computer

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What Is Input?

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Keyboard and Pointing Devices

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Keyboard and Pointing Devices

• A keyboard is an input device that contains keys

users press to enter data and instructions into a
computer

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Figure 5-2 Chapter 5
Keyboard and Pointing Devices

• Most desktop computer keyboards have…

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Keyboard and Pointing Devices

• An ergonomic keyboard has a design that reduces

the chance of wrist and hand injuries
• Ergonomics incorporates comfort, efficiency, and
safety into the design of the workplace

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Keyboard and Pointing Devices

• Keyboards on mobile devices typically are smaller

and/or have fewer keys
• Some phones have predictive text input, which
saves time when entering text using the phone’s
keypad

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Keyboard and Pointing Devices

• A mouse is a pointing device that fits under the

palm of your hand comfortably
– Most widely used pointing device on desktop
computers
• A mouse can be wired or wireless

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Keyboard and Pointing Devices

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Touch Screens and Touch-Sensitive Pads

• A touch screen is a touch-sensitive display device

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Figure 5-8 Chapter 5
Touch Screens and Touch-Sensitive Pads

Microsoft Surface Touch-sensitive pads

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Pen Input

• With pen input, you touch a stylus or digital pen on a flat

surface to write, draw, or make selections

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Other Types of Input

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Other Types of Input

• Video games and computer games use a game controller

as the input device that directs movements and actions
of on-screen objects

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Other Types of Input

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Figure 5-13 Chapter 5
Other Types of Input

• A digital camera is a mobile device that allows

users to take pictures and store them digitally

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Other Types of Input

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Other Types of Input

• Two factors affect the quality of digital camera photos:

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Other Types of Input

• Voice input is the process of entering input by

speaking into a microphone
• Voice recognition is the computer’s capability of
distinguishing spoken words
• Audio input is the process of entering any sound
into the computer

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Other Types of Input

• Music production software allows users to record,

compose, mix, and edit music and sounds

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Figure 5-15 Chapter 5
Other Types of Input
• Video input is the process of capturing full-motion images and
storing them on a computer’s storage medium

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Video: Video Editing on Your Computer

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Other Types of Input

• A Web cam is a type of digital video camera that

enables a user to:

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Other Types of Input

• A video conference is a meeting between two or

more geographically separated people

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Other Types of Input

• A flatbed scanner creates a file of the document

in memory
– Works in a manner similar to a copy machine

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Figure 5-18 Chapter 5
Other Types of Input

• Optical character recognition (OCR) involves reading

characters from ordinary documents
• A turnaround document is a document you return to the
company that creates and sends it

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Figure 5-19 Chapter 5
Other Types of Input

• Optical mark
recognition (OMR)
reads hand-drawn
marks such as small
circles or rectangles
• An OMR device scans
the documents and
matches the patterns of
light

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Other Types of Input

• A bar code reader, also

called a bar code
scanner uses laser
beams to read bar
codes

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Figure 5-20 Chapter 5
Other Types of Input
• RFID (radio frequency identification) uses radio signals to
communicate with a tag placed in or attached to an object
• An RFID reader reads information on the tag via radio waves
• RFID can track:

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Other Types of Input

• Magnetic stripe card readers read the magnetic

stripe on the back of cards such as:

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Figure 5-22 Chapter 5
Other Types of Input
• MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) devices read text
printed with magnetized ink
• An MICR reader converts MICR characters into a form the
computer can process
• Banking industry uses MICR for check processing

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Figure 5-23 Chapter 5
Other Types of Input

• Biometrics authenticates a person’s identity by

verifying a personal characteristic

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Other Types of Input

iris
recognition
system

fingerprint
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Other Types of Input

• A terminal is a computer that allows users to send data

to and/or receive information from a host computer

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