Input Devices
Output Devices
Storage Devices
What Are Input Devices
An input device
is any hardware
component that
allows users to
enter data and
instructions into
a computer
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The Keyboard
• A keyboard is an input device that contains keys
users press to enter data and instructions into a
computer
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The Keyboard
• Most desktop computer keyboards have…
Function keys,
A numeric keypad
Between 101 and CTRL keys, ALT
on the right side of
105 keys keys, and arrow
the keyboard
keys
WINDOWS key APPLICATION key Toggle keys
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The Keyboard
Wired Wireless
Keyboards Keyboards
USB port Bluetooth
IrDA
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The Keyboard
• 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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The Keyboard
• 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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Pointing Devices
A pointer is a small
A pointing device is an
symbol on the screen
input device that allows
whose location and
a user to control a
shape change as a user
pointer on the screen
moves a pointing device
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Mouse
• 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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Mouse
• Mouse operations
Point Click Right-click Double-click
Rotate
Triple-click Drag Right-drag wheel
Free-spin Press thumb
Press wheel Tilt wheel
wheel button
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Other Pointing Devices
Pointing Stick
Trackball
Touchpad
• 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 Input for Smart Phones
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Game Controllers
• 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
Wheels
Motion-
Dance pads sensing
controllers
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Digital Cameras
• 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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Digital Cameras
• Two factors affect the quality of digital camera photos:
• Resolution is the number of horizontal
and vertical pixels in a display device
Resolution • A pixel is the smallest element in an
electronic display
Number of bits • Each pixel consists of one or more bits of
data
stored in each • The more bits used to represent a pixel,
the more colors and shades of gray that
pixel can be represented
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Voice 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
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Voice Input
• Audio input is the process of entering any sound
into the computer
Speech
Music
Sound Effects
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Voice Input
• Music production software allows users to record,
compose, mix, and edit music and sounds
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Video 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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Video 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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Video Input
• A video conference is a meeting between two or
more geographically separated people
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Scanners and Reading Devices
Flatbed
Pen or Handheld
Sheet-fed
Drum
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Scanners and Reading Devices
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Scanners and Reading Devices
• 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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Scanners and Reading Devices
• 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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Scanners and Reading Devices
• A bar code reader, also
called a bar code
scanner uses laser
beams to read bar
codes
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Scanners and Reading Devices
• 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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Scanners and Reading Devices
• 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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Scanners and Reading Devices
• 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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Scanners and Reading Devices
• Data collection devices
obtain data directly at the
location where the
transaction or event takes
place
• Used in:
– Restaurants
– Grocery stores
– Factories
– Warehouses
– The outdoors
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Biometric Input
• Biometrics authenticates a person’s identity by
verifying a personal characteristic
Face Hand
Fingerprint
recognition geometry
reader
system system
Voice Signature
Iris recognition
verification verification
system
system system
Retinal
scanners 37
Biometric Input
hand geometry
system
iris
recognition
system
fingerprint
reader
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Output
Devices
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, Data projectors
and earbuds
Force-feedback
Interactive
game Tactile output
whiteboards
controllers
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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
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Display Devices
• The quality of an LCD monitor or LCD screen
depends primarily on:
Resolution Response time Brightness
Dot pitch Contrast ratio
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Display Devices
• Resolution is the
number of
horizontal and
vertical pixels in a
display device
– A higher
resolution uses a
greater number of
pixels
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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
• Televisions also are a good
output device
– Require a converter if you
are connecting your
computer to an analog
television
• Digital television (DTV)
offers a crisper, higher-
quality output
• HDTV is the most advanced
form of digital television
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Display Devices
• A CRT monitor is a desktop monitor that contains
a cathode-ray tube
– Have a much larger footprint than do LCD monitors
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Printers
• A printer produces
text and graphics on
a physical medium
– Printed information
is called a hard copy,
or printout
– Landscape or portrait
orientation
increase
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Printers
• A nonimpact printer forms characters and
graphics on a piece of paper without actually
striking the paper
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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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Printers
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Printers
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Printers
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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
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Printers
• A mobile printer is a
small, lightweight,
battery-powered printer
that allows a mobile
user to print from a
notebook computer,
smart phone, or other
mobile device
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Printers
• A label printer is a small printer that prints on
adhesive-type material
• A postage printer prints postage stamps
– Postage also can be printed on other types of printers
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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
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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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Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds
• An audio output device produces music, speech,
or other sounds
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Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds
• 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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Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds
• Some speakers are specifically designed to play
audio from a portable media player
– Wireless speakers
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Speakers, Headphones, and Earbuds
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Other Output Devices
• Other output devices are available for specific
uses and applications
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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
– LCD projector
– Digital light processing
(DLP) projector
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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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Other Output Devices
• Force-feedback sends
resistance to the device
in response to actions
of the user
• Tactile output provides
the user with a physical
response from the
device
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Storage
Devices
Storage
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Storage
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Storage
• A storage device is the computer hardware that
records and/or retrieves items to and from
storage media
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Storage
• Access time measures:
– The amount of time it
takes a storage device to
locate an item on a
storage medium
– The time required to
deliver an item from
memory to the
processor
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Hard Disks
• A hard disk contains one or more inflexible, circular platters
that use magnetic particles to store data, instructions, and
information
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Hard Disks
• Hard disks can
store data using
longitudinal
recording or
perpendicular
recording
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Hard Disks
• Characteristics of a hard disk
include:
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Hard Disks
• Formatting is the process of dividing the disk into tracks
and sectors so that the operating system can store and
locate data and information on the disk
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Hard Disks
• The hard disk arms
move the read/write
head, which reads items
and writes items in the
drive
– Location often is referred
to by its cylinder
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Hard Disks
• A head crash occurs when a read/write head
touches the surface of a platter
• Always keep a backup of your hard disk
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Hard Disks
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Hard Disks
• RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a
group of two or more integrated hard disks
• A network attached storage (NAS) device is a
server connected to a network with the sole
purpose of providing storage
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Hard Disks
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Hard Disks
• A disk controller consists of a special-purpose chip and
electronic circuits that control the transfer of data,
instructions, and information from a disk to and from the
system bus and other components of the computer
SATA EIDE
SCSI SAS
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Flash Memory Storage
• Flash memory chips are a type of solid state
media and contain no moving parts
• Solid state drives (SSDs) have several advantages
over magnetic hard disks:
Generate less heat and
Faster access time Faster transfer rates Last longer
consume less power
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Flash Memory Storage
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Flash Memory Storage
• A memory card is a removable flash memory
device that you insert and remove from a slot in a
computer, mobile device, or card reader/writer
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Flash Memory Storage
• USB flash drives plug into a USB port on a
computer or mobile device
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Flash Memory Storage
• An ExpressCard module
is a removable device
that fits in an
ExpressCard slot
• Developed by the
PCMCIA
• Commonly used in
notebook computers
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Cloud Storage
• Cloud storage is an Internet service that provides
storage to computer users
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Cloud Storage
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Cloud Storage
• Users subscribe to cloud storage for a variety of
reasons:
Access files from any computer
Store large files instantaneously
Allow others to access their files
View time-critical data and images immediately
Store offsite backups
Provide data center functions
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Optical Discs
• An optical disc consists of a flat, round, portable
disc made of metal, plastic, and lacquer that is
written and read by a laser
• Typically store software, data, digital photos,
movies, and music
• Read only vs. rewritable
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Optical Discs
• Optical discs commonly
store items in a single
track that spirals from
the center of the disc to
the edge
• Track is divided into
evenly sized sectors
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Optical Discs
• Care of optical discs
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Optical Discs
A CD-ROM can be read from but not written to
• Read from a CD-ROM drive or CD-ROM player
A CD-R is a multisession optical disc on which users can
write, but not erase
A CD-RW is an erasable multisession disc
• Must have a CD-RW drive
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Optical Discs
Archive disc Picture CD
• Stores photos from an • Single-session CD-ROM
online photo center that stores digital
• Resolution usually is versions of film
7200 pixels per photo • Typically uses a 1024 x
• Cost is determined by 1536 resolution
the number of photos • Many photo centers
being stored offer Picture CD
services
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Optical Discs
A DVD-ROM is a high-capacity optical disc on which users can
read but not write or erase
• Requires a DVD-ROM drive
A Blu-ray Disc-ROM (BD-ROM) has a storage capacity of 100
GB
DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD+RAM are high-capacity
rewritable DVD formats
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Other Types of Storage
Magnetic stripe
Tape cards and smart
cards
Microfilm and
Enterprise storage
microfiche
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Other Types of Storage
• Tape is a magnetically coated ribbon of plastic capable of
storing large amounts of data and information
• A tape drive reads and writes data and information on a
tape
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Other Types of Storage
• A magnetic stripe card
contains a magnetic
stripe that stores
information
• A smart card stores
data on a thin
microprocessor
embedded in the card
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Other Types of Storage
• Microfilm and microfiche store microscopic
images of documents on a roll or sheet film
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