Understanding Input and
Output
Discovering Computers
Fundamentals
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to the Digital World
Objectives Overview
Identify the keys and buttons
commonly found on desktop
computer keyboards, and
describe how keyboards for Describe different mouse types
mobile computers and devices
differ from desktop computer
keyboards
Describe various types of touch
Describe various types of pen
screens and explain how a
input
touch-sensitive pad works
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Objectives Overview
Explain the characteristics
Explain other types of Summarize the various
of LCD monitors, LCD
input types of printers
screens, and CRT monitors
Identify the purpose and
features of speakers, Identify input and output
headphones, and ear- options for physically
buds; data projectors; and challenged users
interactive whiteboards
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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?
An input device
is any hardware
component that
allows users to
enter data and
instructions into
a computer
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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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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
Trackball
Touchpad
Pointing Stick
• A trackball is a • A touchpad is • A pointing
stationary a small, flat, stick is a
pointing rectangular pressure-
device with a pointing sensitive
ball on its top device that is pointing
or side sensitive to device shaped
pressure and like a pencil
motion eraser that is
positioned
between keys
on a keyboard
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Touch Screens and Touch-Sensitive Pads
• A touch screen is a touch-sensitive display device
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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
Joysticks and
Gamepads Light guns Dance pads
Wheels
Motion-
sensing Wii Remote
controllers
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Other Types of Input
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Other Types of Input
• A digital camera is a mobile device that allows
users to take pictures and store them digitally
Studio cameras
Field cameras
Point-and-shoot camera
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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:
• Resolution is the number of
horizontal and vertical pictures
in a display device
• A pixel is the smallest element
Resolution in an electronic display
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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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Other Types of Input
• Video input is the process of capturing full-motion images and
storing them on a computer’s storage medium
Record video on a digital video (DV) camera or use a
video capture card to convert analog signals to digital
Connect the camera to a port on the system unit
Transfer video and images
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Other Types of Input
• A Web cam is a type of digital video camera that
enables a user to:
Send e-mail
Capture video and Add live images to
messages with
still images instant messages
video attachments
Broadcast live
Make video
images over the
telephone calls
Internet
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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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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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Other Types of Input
• Optical mark recognition (OMR) reads hand-drawn
marks such as small circles or rectangles
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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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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:
Tracking times of
Tracking location Employee Checking lift
runners in a Airline baggage
of soldiers wardrobes tickets of skiers
marathon
Gauging pressure
Managing Checking out Tracking toll
and temperature
inventory library books payments
of tires
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Other Types of Input
• Magnetic stripe card readers read the magnetic
stripe on the back of cards such as:
Credit cards
Entertainment cards
Bank cards
Other similar cards
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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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Other Types of Input
• Biometrics authenticates a person’s identity by
verifying a personal characteristic
Face Hand Voice
Fingerprint
recognition geometry verification
reader
system system system
Signature
Iris recognition Retinal
verification
system scanners
system
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Other Types of Input
iris
recognition
system
fingerprint
reader
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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
A POS terminal An automated A DVD kiosk is a
records purchases, teller machine self-service DVD
processes (ATM) allows users rental machine
payment, and to access their
updates inventory bank accounts
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What Is Output?
• Output is data that has been processed into a
useful form
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What Is Output?
• An output device is any type of hardware
component that conveys information to one or
more people
Speakers,
Display devices Printers headphones, and
earbuds
Interactive
Data projectors
whiteboards
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Display Devices
• A display device visually
conveys text, graphics,
and video information
• A monitor is packaged
as a separate peripheral
– LCD monitor
– Widescreen
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Display Devices
• Liquid crystal display (LCD) uses a liquid compound to
present information on a display device
Resolution Response time Brightness
Dot pitch Contrast ratio
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Display Devices
• Plasma monitors are display devices that use gas
plasma technology and offer screen sizes up to
150 inches
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Display Devices
• A CRT monitor is a desktop monitor that contains
a cathode-ray tube
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Printers
• A printer
produces text
and graphics on
a physical
medium
• Before
purchasing a
printer, ask
yourself a series
of questions
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Printers
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Printers
• A nonimpact printer forms characters and
graphics on a piece of paper without actually
striking the paper
Thermal
Ink-jet printers Photo printers Laser printers
printers
Mobile Large-format
Plotters
printers printers
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Printers
• An ink-jet printer forms characters and graphics by
spraying tiny drops of liquid ink onto a piece of paper
– Color or black-and-white
– Printers with a higher dpi (dots per inch) produce a higher
quality output
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Figure 5-36
Printers
A photo printer produces color
photo-lab-quality pictures
• Most use ink-jet technology
• PictBridge allows you to print photos
directly from a digital camera
• Print from a memory card and preview
photos on a built-in LCD screen
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Printers
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Printers
High-speed
Black-and- Laser High-
white quality
printer
Color
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Printers
• A multifunction peripheral (MFP) is a single
device that prints, scans, copies, and in some
cases, faxes
– Sometimes called an all-in-one device
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Printers
• A thermal printer generates images by pushing
electrically heated pins against the heat-sensitive
paper
Dye-
sublimation
printer
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Figure 5-40
Printers
• A mobile printer is a
small, lightweight,
battery-powered printer
that allows a mobile
user to print from a
mobile device
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Printers
• Plotters are used to produce high-quality
drawings
• Large-format printers create photo-realistic
quality color prints on a larger scale
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Printers
• Impact printers form characters and graphics on a
piece of paper by striking a mechanism against an
inked ribbon that physically contacts the paper
Dot-matrix Line
printer printer
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Printers
• A dot-matrix printer
produces printed
images when tiny wire
pins on a print head
mechanism strike an
inked ribbon
• A line printer prints an
entire line at a time
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Figure 5-43
Other Output Devices
• An audio output device produces music, speech,
or other sounds
Most computer users attach
speakers to their computers to:
• Generate higher-quality sounds for playing
games
• Interact with multimedia presentations
• Listen to music
• View movies
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Figure 5-44
Other Output Devices
• Headphones are
speakers that cover or
are placed outside of
the ear
• Earbuds (also called
earphones) rest inside
the ear canal
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Other Output Devices
Voice output occurs when you hear a
person’s voice or when the computer
talks to you through the speakers
• Some Web sites dedicate themselves to
providing voice output
• Often works with voice input
• VoIP uses voice output and voice input
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Other Output Devices
• A data projector is a
device that takes the
text and images
displaying on a
computer screen and
projects them on a
larger screen
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Other Output Devices
• An interactive
whiteboard is a touch-
sensitive device,
resembling a dry-erase
board, that displays the
image on a connected
computer screen
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Putting It All Together
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Putting It All Together
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Putting It All Together
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Input and Output Devices
for Physically Challenged Users
Head-mounted pointer Braille printer
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Summary
Various techniques for Various methods of
entering input and output and several
several commonly commonly used
used input device output devices
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