INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES OF
A COMPUTER
PRESENTED BY :
1. Arjun Sharma
2. Dristi Goel
3. Pranab Nath
4. Mahima Jain
5. Richa Kumari Jaiswal
INPUT DEVICES
An input device is any hardware device that sends data to a
computer, allowing you to interact with and control it.
The most commonly used or primary input devices on a computer
are the keyboard and mouse. However, there are dozens of other
devices that can also be used to input data into the computer.
Types of input devices
Keyboard Optical character recognition (OCR)
Mouse Optical mark recognition (OMR)
Trackball Bar code reader
Joystick Speech input devices
Digitizing tablet Touch screen
Scanners Light pen
Digital camera Biometrics
Magnetic ink character Stylus
recognition(MICR)
OUTPUT DEVICES
An output device is any piece of computer hardware equipment which
converts information into human-readable form. In brief, output unit is
responsible for providing the output in user readable form. It can be text,
graphics, tactile, audio, and video.
TYPES OF OUTPUT DEVICES
Monitor GPS
Printer Sound Card
Audio Speakers Video Card
Headphones Braille Reader
Projector Plotter
Classification
Visual Devices Pointed devices
• Digital Camera • A mouse sitting on a desk
• Digital camcorder
• A computer mouse
• Portable media player
• 3d mouse
• Webcam
• Joysticks
• Microsoft Kinect sensor
• Pointing stick
• Image scanner
Keyboard
Keyboard is an input device; consisting of a set of typewriter like keys that enables to enter data
into a computer. Computer keyboards are similar to electric-typewriter keyboard.
The keys on computer keyboards are often classified as :
1. Alphanumeric keys
2. Punctuation keys
3. Special keys
The standard layout of letters, numbers and punctuation is known as a QWERTY as the first five
keys on the top row of letters spell QWERTY.
Others
Functio Numeric
n keys Enter Pads
System
Keys
Cursor
Application
Control
Keys
Keys
Typewriter
Keys
Scanner
Scanner is an input device that can read text or illustrations printed on a paper and translate the
information into a form that the computer can use.
A scanner works by digitizing an image- dividing it into grid of boxes and representing each box
with either a zero or a one.
There are six types of scanners:
1. Drum scanners
2. Handheld scanners
3. Flatbed scanners
4. 3D scanners
Document
cover
Scan to
web
Button
Power
switch
Scan
to Start
Email button
Button
Copy
button
Barcode reader
Barcode readers are photoelectric scanners that read the bar codes or vertical zebra
stripped marks, printed on product containers.
Supermarkets use a bar code system called the universal product code (UPC).
The barcode identifies the product to the supermarket’s computer, which has a
description and the latest price of the product.
Also called price scanner or point of sale scanner.
LED
Scanner
Window
Buzzer
Trigger
Switch Cable
Interface
Port
Mouse
A computer mouse, often simply referred to as a mouse, is a hand-held pointing device that
detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface.
This motion is typically translated into the motion of a pointer on a display, which allows a
smooth control of the graphical user interface.
Mice originally used a ball rolling on a surface to detect motion, but modern mice often have
optical sensors that have no moving parts.
Joystick
A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and
reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling.
A joystick, also known as the control column, is the principal control device in
the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or side-
stick.
Digital camera
A digital camera or digicam is a camera that captures photographs in digital memory.
Most cameras produced today are digital.
Many cameras are now being incorporated into mobile devices, portable touchscreen computers,
which can, use their cameras to initiate different functions.
Many digital cameras can also record moving videos with sound.
Lens LCD
Screen
Memory
Card
Body Aperture
Image
Sensor
Shutter
Release
Optical Mark Recognition
Optical mark recognition (also called optical mark reading and OMR) is the
process of capturing human-marked data from document forms such as surveys
and tests.
They are used to read questionnaires, multiple choice examination paper in the
form of lines or shaded areas.
Monitor
A computer monitor is an electronic device that shows pictures for computers.
Monitors often look similar to televisions.
The term "monitor" is often used synonymously with "computer screen" or "display”.
Monitor
Screen
Braille Reader
• Made for the blind users.
• Users with low or no vision can recognize data
• Can run their fingers over it to understand everything
PLOTTER
A plotter is a printer that interprets commands from a computer to make line
drawings on paper with one or more automated pens.
Plotters were the first type of printer that could print with color and render
graphics and full-size engineering drawings.
Headphones
It is similar to speakers.
But has a lower sound frequency.
Can’t be heard easily in large areas.
Headset is another name.
Printer
In computing, a printer is a peripheral which produces a representation of an
electrical document on physical media such as paper or transparency film .
Many printers are local peripherals connected directly to a nearby personal
computer
Network printers have built-in network interfaces can serve any user on the
network
Sound Card & Speakers
Computer speakers, or multimedia speakers are speakers external to a computer,
that disable the lower fidelity built-in speaker.
Sound card is an expansion board that enables a computer to manipulate and
output sounds.
GPS
Short for global positioning system, GPS is a network of satellites that helps users
determines a location on earth.
The thought of GPS was conceived after the launch of sputnik in 1957.
Later GPS became available for commercial use in 1967.
Projector
As its name suggests, this output device "projects" computer images onto a
wall or screen.
Projectors are typically used for presentations, watching movies, or as a teaching
aid,etc.
FUNCTIONS OF
INPUT AND
OUTPUT DEVICES
The functioning of a
computer system is based
on the combined usage of
both input and output
devices. using an input
device we can give
instruction to the
computer to perform an
action and the devices
reverts to our action
through an output device
COMPARISON
INPUT DEVICES OUTPUT DEVICES
V/S
Can transfer data Cannot transfer data
Computer
User controlled
manages
Hardware device Hardware
component
Complex coding
No complex coding
used
Devices which are both input and output devices
Modems Fax
(Facsimile)
Touch USB
screen Ports
Audio
Card/Sound Headset
Card
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