Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 55 views

    Input & Output Devices

    Uploaded by

    Anum Khursheed
    Input devices are used to enter data and programs into a computer. Common input devices include keyboards, pointing devices like mice and trackballs, and source data entry devices like scanners. Output devices produce the final output of processed data in a human-readable form. Common output devices include printers, monitors, and terminals. Input and output hardware allow humans to interact with computers by entering and viewing data.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Input & Output Devices

    Uploaded by

    Anum Khursheed
    55 views5 pages
    Input devices are used to enter data and programs into a computer. Common input devices include keyboards, pointing devices like mice and trackballs, and source data entry devices like scanners. Output devices produce the final output of processed data in a human-readable form. Common output devices include printers, monitors, and terminals. Input and output hardware allow humans to interact with computers by entering and viewing data.

    Original Description:

    input and output mehanism

    Original Title

    io

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Input devices are used to enter data and programs into a computer. Common input devices include keyboards, pointing devices like mice and trackballs, and source data entry devices like scanners. Output devices produce the final output of processed data in a human-readable form. Common output devices include printers, monitors, and terminals. Input and output hardware allow humans to interact with computers by entering and viewing data.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    55 views5 pages

    Input & Output Devices

    Uploaded by

    Anum Khursheed
    Input devices are used to enter data and programs into a computer. Common input devices include keyboards, pointing devices like mice and trackballs, and source data entry devices like scanners. Output devices produce the final output of processed data in a human-readable form. Common output devices include printers, monitors, and terminals. Input and output hardware allow humans to interact with computers by entering and viewing data.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 5

    Input & Output Devices

    Input Device
    The devices which are used to input the data and the programs in the computer are
    known as Input Devices.

    Output Device
    Output Device can produce the final product of machine processing into a form
    usable by humans.

    Categories of Input & Output Hardware

    Input Hardware Output Hardware


    Input Hardware

    Keyboard
     When the key is pressed, the keyboard controller sends the scan code of the “key
    Pressed” to the keyboard buffer.
     The keyboard controller sends an
    interrupt request to the system software.
     The system software responds to the
    interruption by reading the scan code
    from the keyboard buffer.
     The system software passes the scan code
    to the CPU.

    Pointing devices
    o Mouse,
    o Trackball,
    o Joy stick,
    o Light pen &
    o Digitizing tablet.

    Mouse
     It is a pointing device, used to move a graphical pointer on the screen.
     It is used to issue commands by pointing a cursor.

    Trackball
     It used to enter motion data into computers
     It is designed with a moveable ball on the top, which can be rolled in any
    direction.

    Joy Stick
     It is used to control video games.
     It consists of a base and a stick that can be moved in any direction.
    Light Pen
     It is a handheld pen-like photosensitive device.
     It allows the user to point to displayed objects.

    Digitizing tablet
     A digitizing tablet consists of an electronic tablet and a pen.
     It is a tool used to convert hand-drawn images into a format
    suitable for computer processing.

    Source Data Entry Devices

     Scanning Devices

     Bar Code Reader- A barcode reader is a hand-held or stationary


    input device used to capture and read information contained in
    a bar code.

     Mark & Recognition Devices


     MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) - It reads
    characters printed with magnetized ink.
     OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) - It reads pencil
    marks and converts them into computer usable form.
     OCR (Optical Character Recognition) - It reads
    specific character sets.

     Fax Machine- It is a device that can send or receive


    pictures and text over a telephone line.
     Imaging System- It converts text, drawings, and
    photographs into digital form.

    Output Hardware

    Printer

    Printer

     Impact Printer

     Line matrix- It is used by mainframes for massive


    jobs.
     Dot matrix- Text & graphics are formed from dots.

     Non-impact printer

     Laser- Images are transferred to paper


    through laser beams in high resolution.
     Ink-jet- Dots of ink are sprayed onto
    the paper to form a high resolution
    document.
    Monitor

    Monitor

     CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) - Phosphor dots glow


    on the screen when struck by electrons.

     LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) - It is comprise of


    flat panel monitors uses a transistor for each pixel
    or pixels.

    Input & Output Hardware

    Terminal

    Terminal

     Dumb Terminal- It is used to input data & to receive


    information, it cannot do processing on its own.

     Intelligent Terminal- It contains processing power


    including memory to perform special display
    operations.

    You might also like