Sunday, 9 March 2014

Input and output devices

  • "INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICES"
  • Input-output unit—Input unit, output unit
  • Input devices—Human data entry devices, source data entry devices
  • Human data entry devices
    • Keyboard
    • Pointing devices—Mouse, trackball, joystick, digitizing tablet
    • Pick devices—Light pen, touch screen
  • Source data entry devices
    • Audio input device (microphone, sound card, speech recognition)
    • Video input device (video camera, digital camera)
    • Optical input devices—Scanner (hand held, flat bed), OCR, MICR, OMR, barcode reader
  • Output devices—Hard copy devices, soft copy devices
  • Hard copy devices
    • Printer—Impact printers (dot matrix, daisy wheel, drum), non-impact printers (ink-jet, laser)
    • Plotter—Drum plotter, flatbed plotter
    • Computer output on microfilm (microfiche)
  • Soft copy devices—Monitor, visual display terminal, video output, audio response (speakers, headphone)
  • I/O port—Parallel port, serial port, USB port, firewire port
  • Working of I/O system—I/O devices, device controller, device driver

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