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Inputandoutputdevice 200426084247

The document provides an overview of input and output devices used in computing, focusing on various types of input devices such as keyboards, mice, and joysticks. It details the functionality and types of keyboards, including their connectors and key types, as well as describing different mouse variants like optical and trackball mice. Additionally, it briefly mentions output devices like printers and monitors.

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The document provides an overview of input and output devices used in computing, focusing on various types of input devices such as keyboards, mice, and joysticks. It details the functionality and types of keyboards, including their connectors and key types, as well as describing different mouse variants like optical and trackball mice. Additionally, it briefly mentions output devices like printers and monitors.

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Input Devices

• An input device is any hardware component


that allows you to enter data and instructions
onto a computer. Six Widely used input
devices are the keyboard, mouse,
microphone, scanner, digital camera and PC
video camera.
The most common input devices are
following.
1. Keyboard
2. Mouse
3. Scanner
4. Joystick
5. Trackball
6. Sound recorder
A keyboard is a series of switches connected to a
microprocessor that monitors the state of each switch and initiates
a specific response to a change in that state.
Types of Keyboards

• 101-key Enhanced keyboard

• 104-key Windows keyboard

• 82-key Apple standard keyboard

• 108-key Apple Extended keyboard


Types of Keys
• Typing keys
• Numeric keypad
• Function keys
• Control keys
F1: Opens the help page of the working program.

F2: Renames a highlighted icon or file. Alt + Ctrl + F2 and Ctrl + F2 give some

more functions.

F3: Search feature for many programs including web browsers.

F4: Repeats last action performed while typing in Microsoft Word. Alt + F4 key

closes all active windows. Ctrl + F4 closes the front most window.

F5: Refreshes (updates) pages in web browsers and other applications.

F6: Moves cursor to writing web ad-ress q0C2ess


Control keys provided cursor and screen control. Four
keys arranged in an inverted T formation between the typing
keys and numeric keypad allow the user to move the cursor
on the display in small increments. The control keys allow the
user to make large jumps in most applications.
Common control keys include:

• Home
• End
• Insert
• Delete
• Page UP
• Page Down
• Control(Ctrl)
• Alternate(Alt)
• Escape(ESC)
The most common keyboard connectors are:
5-pin DIN (Deustche Industrie Norm) connector
6-pin IBM PS/2 mini-DIN connector
4-pin USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector
internal connector (for laptops)

Normal DIN connectors are rarely used anymore. Most computers


use the mini-DIN PS/2 connector; but an increasing number of
new systems are dropping the PS/2 connectors in favor of USB. No
matter which type of connector is used, two principal elements
are sent through the connecting cable. The first is power for the
keyboard. Keyboards require a small amount of power, typically
about 5 volts, in order to function. The cable also carries the data
from the keyboard to the computer.
The Mouse
• All modern computers have a variant
• Allows users to select objects
– Pointer moved by the mouse
• Mechanical mouse
– Rubber ball determines direction and speed
– The ball often requires cleaning

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The Mouse
• Optical mouse
– Light shown onto mouse pad
– Reflection determines speed and direction
– Requires little maintenance

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The Mouse
• Interacting with a mouse
– Actions involve pointing to an object
–

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The Mouse
• Mouse button configuration
– Configured for a right-handed user
• Can be reconfigured
– Between 1 and 6 buttons
– Extra buttons are configurable

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Variants of the Mouse
• Trackballs
– Upside down mouse
– Hand rests on the ball
– User moves the ball
– Uses little desk space

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Variants of the Mouse
• Track pads
– Stationary pointing
device
– Small plastic rectangle
– Finger moves across the
pad
– Pointer moves with the
pointer
– Popular on laptops

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TRACKBALL
• A trackball is a pointing device consisting of a ball
housed in a socket containing sensors to detect rotation
of the ball about two axes - like a mouse lying on its
back.
• The cursor is moved about the screen by a user rolling
the ball with their thumb, fingers, or the palm of their
hand.
• There are usually one to three buttons next to the ball,
which are in the same way as mouse buttons.
• Track point
– Little joystick on the keyboard
– Move pointer by moving the joystick

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SCANNER
•

•
JOYSTICK
• A joystick is a PC peripheral or general control device consisting of a handheld
stick that pivots about one end and transmits its angle in two or three
dimensions to a computer.

• Most joysticks are two-dimensional, having two axes of movement (similar to a


mouse), but three-dimensional joysticks do exist.

• A joystick is generally configured so that moving the stick left or right signals
movement along the X axis, and moving it forward (up) or back (down) signals
movement along the Y axis.

• In joysticks that are configured for three-dimensional movement, twisting the


stick left (counter-clockwise) or right (clockwise) signals movement along the Z
axis.
Output Devices

An output device is any hardware


component that conveys information to
one or more people. Three commonly
used output devices are a printer, a
monitor and speakers.
Examples of output devices:

• Speaker
• Headphones
• Screen (Monitor)
• Print

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