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Basics of Computer: Input Devices

The document discusses various common computer input devices. The keyboard is the most widely used input device and comes in various formats but generally has 104 keys. The mouse is a handheld pointing device that uses an internal ball to detect movement and perform functions like selecting and moving items on screen. Other input devices mentioned include the light pen which works similarly to a mouse but uses a light-sensitive tip to directly select on-screen objects, and optical scanners which automatically collect data by scanning printed images into electronic formats.

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Basics of Computer: Input Devices

The document discusses various common computer input devices. The keyboard is the most widely used input device and comes in various formats but generally has 104 keys. The mouse is a handheld pointing device that uses an internal ball to detect movement and perform functions like selecting and moving items on screen. Other input devices mentioned include the light pen which works similarly to a mouse but uses a light-sensitive tip to directly select on-screen objects, and optical scanners which automatically collect data by scanning printed images into electronic formats.

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Basics of

Computer

INPUT DEVICES

KEYBOARD

A keyboard is the most common input


device.
Several kinds of keyboards are available,
but they resemble each other with minor
variations.
The keyboard in most common use is the
QWERTY board.
Generally standard keyboard has 104 keys.
In these keyboards, the cursor control keys
are duplicated to allow easier use of the
numeric pad.

MOUSE

A mouse is an electro-mechanical, handheld device .


It is used as a pointer.
It can perform functions like selecting menu
commands, moving icons, resizing windows,
starting programs, and choosing options.
The most common mouse uses an internal,
magnetically coated ball, to detect the
movement of the mouse across a flat
surface, usually a desktop.

KEYBOARD AND MOUSE

LIGHT PEN
An input device that utilizes a light-sensitive
detector to select objects on a display
screen.
Alight pen is similar to a mouse, except that
with a light-pen you can move the pointer
and select objects on the display screen by
directly pointing to the objects with the pen.

OPTICAL
SCANNER
These devices are used for automatic data

collection.
The devices of this category completely
eliminate manual input of data.
An image scanner translates printed images
into an electronic format that can be stored
in a computers memory, and with the right
kind of software, one can alter a stored
image.

LIGHT PEN AND OPTICAL


SCANNER

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