Chapter 07: Input and Output

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 Competencies (Page 1 of 2)
• Define input
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• Describe keyboard entry including the different

types of keyboards and keyboard features
• Discuss pointing devices including mice, touch
screens, joysticks, and styluses
• Describe scanning devices including optical
scanners and card readers
• Discuss image capturing devices including digital
cameras and digital video cameras

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 Competencies (Page 2 of 2)
• Define output
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• Discuss monitors features, flat-panel, CRT, e-book

readers, data projectors, and HDTVs
• Define printing features as well as ink-jet, laser,
dot-matrix, thermal, plotter, photo, and portable
printers
• Discuss audio-output devices
• Define combination input and output devices

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 Introduction
• Have you ever wondered how
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information gets into your

computer or comes out in a
form you can use?
– Input devices convert what we
understand into what the system
unit can process
– Output devices convert what the
system unit has processed into a
form that we can understand

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 What is Input?
• Any data or instructions used by a computer
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• Input devices translate data into a form that the

system unit can process
• Somce hardware input devices include:
– Keyboards
– Pointing devices
– Scanning devices
– Other devices

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 Keyboard Entry (Page 1 of 2)
• Keyboards
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– Traditional keyboards
– Ergonomic keyboards
– Wireless keyboards
– PDA keyboards
– Virtual keyboards
• Features
– Typewriter keyboard with numeric
keypad
– Special purpose keys
• Toggle
• Combination Keys

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 Keyboard Entry (Page 2 of 2)
Traditional Keyboard
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 Pointing Devices (Page 1 of 2)
• Mice
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– Mechanical
– Optical
– Cordless or wireless
• Three similar devices to mice
– Trackball
– Touch pads
– Pointing stick

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 Pointing Devices (Page 2 of 2)
• Joystick
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• Touch Screen
– Multi-touch screen
• Stylus

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 Scanning Devices (Page 1 of 2)
• Optical scanners
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– Flatbed scanners
– Document scanners
– Portable scanners
• Card Readers
– Magnetic card readers
– Radio Frequency
card readers

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 Scanning Devices (Page 2 of 2)
• Bar code readers
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– Handheld wand readers

or platform scanners
– Contain photoelectric cells
that read bar codes
• Character and mark
recognition devices
– Magnetic ink character recognition (MICR)
– Optical-character recognition (OCR)
– Optical-mark recognition (OMR)

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 Image Capturing Devices
• Digital cameras
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– Images recorded digitally on a disk

– Images can be downloaded to a computer
• Digital video cameras
– Records motion digitally
– Can take still images as well
– WebCams
• Specialized digital
video cameras
• Broadcast images
over the Internet

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 Instant Messaging and WebCams
• Exchange messages and files with friends
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• Voice and video capabilities

• Application sharing

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 Audio-Input Devices
• Voice recognition systems
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– Use a microphone, a sound card,

and special software
– Users can operate
computers and create
documents using
voice commands

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 What is Output?
• Processed data or information
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• Types of output
– Text
– Graphics/Photos
– Audio & video
• Output devices
– Monitors
– Printers
– Other Devices

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 Monitors (Page 1 of 2)
• Known as screens or display screens
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• Output referred to as soft copy

• Features
– Resolution/pixels
– Dot pitch
– Refresh rate
– Size

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 Monitors (Page 2 of 2)
• Cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors
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• Flat-panel monitors
– Require less power to operate
– Portable and thinner than CRTs
• Other monitors
– E-books readers
– Data projectors
– High-definition
television (HDTV)

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 Printers (Page 1 of 2)
• Translates information that has been processed by
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the system unit

• Output referred to as hard copy
• Features
– Resolution
– Color capability
– Speed
– Memory
– Duplex printing

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 Printers (Page 2 of 2)
• Ink-jet printer
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• Laser printer
– Personal laser printers
– Shared laser printers
• Thermal printer
• Other printers
– Dot-matrix printers
– Plotters
– Photo printers
– Portable printers

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 Audio-Output Devices
• Translates audio information from the computer
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into sounds that people can understand

• Common devices
– Speakers
– Headphones
• Digital Music Player
– iPod
– iRiver

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 Combination Input and Output Devices

• Fax machines
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• Multifunctional Devices (MFD)

• Internet telephones
– Known as Internet telephony
– IP telephony
– Voice-over IP (VoIP)

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 Internet Telephone Approaches
• Computer-to computer
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– Free long distance calls

– Requires computers to be connected to the Internet
– MSN is most widely used software
• Computer-to traditional telephone
– Place the call from a computer to a phone
– Requires an Internet phone service provider
• Software requirements
• Small monthly and/or per-minute fee
• Traditional telephone-to-traditional telephone
– Does not require a computer
– Subscription required to a special Internet phone service provider
• Special hardware adapter
• Cost is similar to the computer-to-traditional telephone approach

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 Careers In IT
• Technical writers prepare instruction manuals,
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technical reports, and other scientific or technical

documents
• Typically requires a college degree
– Communications
– Journalism
– English
– Specialization or familiarization
with a technical field
• Technical writers can expect to
earn $46,500 to $76,500 annually.

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 A Look to the Future
Electronic Translators May Be in Your Future

• Electronic Interpretation may soon exist to

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provide personal interpretation for foreign

languages and images
• Prototype portable handheld electronic
interpreters are currently in
a testing phase at the U.S.
Office of Naval Research

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 Open-Ended Questions (Page 1 of 2)
• Define input devices.
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• Describe the different types of keyboard,

pointing, scanning, image capturing, and
audio-input devices.

• Describe the three categories of output

devices.

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 Open-Ended Questions (Page 2 of 2)
• Define output devices.
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• What are combination input and output

devices? Give examples of such devices.

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