CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TYPES OF INPUT DEVICES TYPES OF OUTPUT DEVICES USES OF INPUT DEVICES USES OF OUTPUT DEVICES
INTRODUCTION VARIOUS DEVICES USED TO ENTER INFORMATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS INTO A COMPUTER FOR STORAGE OR PROCESSING AND DELIVER THE PROCESSED DATA TO A HUMAN OPERATOR OR , IN SOME CASES A MACHINE CONTROLLED BY THE COMPUTER .
TYPES OF INPUT DEVICES KEYBOARD MOUSE SCANNER
TYPES OF OUTPUT DEVICES INKJET PRINTER LASER PRINTER SPEAKER
USES OF INPUT DEVICES KEYBOARD - IT IS AN INPUT DEVICE BY WHICH WE CAN EASILY TRANSFER DATA INTO THE COMPUTER . MOUSE – IT IS A HAND-HELD INPUT DEVICE . A MOUSE CONSISTS OF TWO OR THREE BUTTONS SCANNER – SCANNER CREATES AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF A PHOTOGRAPH . PROCESS OF CREATING A PICTURE – FILE FROM A PHOTOGRAPH IS CALLED AS SCANNING .
USES OF OUTPUT DEVICES INKJET PRINTER- PRINTER IS USED FOR DRAWING PRINTOUTS . PRICE OF INKJET PRINTERS IS MODERATE BUT OPERATING COST IS HIGH ; AND THE QUALITY OF PICTURES IS GOOD . LASER PRINTER- IT IS ALSO USED FOR DRAWING PRINTOUTS . THIS PRINTERS COME WITH VERY IMPRESSIVE PRICE TAG , BUT OPERATING COST IS LEAST . SPEAKER- IT IS AN COMPUTER PERIPHERAL WHICH GIVES AUDIO OUTPUT .