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Discovering
Computers 2012
Your Interactive Guide
to the Digital World
Objectives Overview

Identify the keys and buttons

commonly found on desktop
Define input and differentiate describe how keyboards for
Describe different mouse types
computer keyboards, and
among a program, command, and
and explain how to use a mouse
user response

mobile computers and devices differ

from desktop computer keyboards

Describe various types of touch

Describe various types of pen
input for smart phones

screens and explain how a touch-

sensitive pad works Summarize the purpose of various
game controllers

input, and identify other types of

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Objectives Overview

Explain how resolution

Describe the picture captured on a
uses of
Discuss how
affects the
various scanners
quality of a
and reading
voice
recognition,
Discuss how POS
digital camera
Identify alternative
Web cams, and video
conferencing
Summarize the various
devices work

terminals, automated
biometric
devices
input devices for
teller machines, and
physically challenged
DVD kiosks work users
for Detailed Objectives

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See Page 257

What Is
Input?

•
Input is any data and instructions entered into the memory
of a computer

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 What Is
Input?

•
Instructions can be entered into the computer in the form of
programs, commands, and user responses
A program is a series of related
instructions that tells a computer what
tasks to perform and how to perform

them

Programs respond to commands that a

user issues

A user response is an instruction a user

issues by replying to a question
displayed by a program

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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…

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The
Keyboard

• The
insertion point, also known as the cursor, is a symbol on the
screen that indicates where the next character you type will
appear

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The Keyboard
 Keyboards
Wireless
Keyboards

Wired

Bluetooth
IrDA

USB port

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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

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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 Triple-click Drag Right-drag Rotate wheel

Free-spin

wheel Press

wheel Tilt wheel

Press thumb
button

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Other
Pointing
Devices

• A trackball is a
l

d
• A touchpad is • A pointing
k

a
b kc
stationary a
rectangular S

g
sensitive device that is
ar

pointing p
pointing stick is a ball on its top
n

device with a hc
c
pressure- uo
pointing
T
a small, flat, it

sensitive to device shaped like

t

or side T

pressure and io a pencil

eraser that is
positioned between
keys on a keyboard

motion P

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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

Gamepads Joysticks and

Wheels
Light guns

Motion-
Dance pads sensing

controllers
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Game
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

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Digital
Cameras

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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
pixel gray that 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 Connect the camera to a port on
analog signals to digital

the system unit Transfer video and

 images

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Video Input

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Video: Video Editing on Your Computer

CLICK TO START

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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
instant messages
video attachments

still images

messages with
Make video
Internet
telephone calls

Broadcast live images

over the

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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
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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

wardrobes Airline baggage Checking lift

runners in a of soldiers
marathon Employee tickets of skiers

Gauging pressure
Managing and temperature
inventory

Checking out Tracking toll

of tires library books payments

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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

system
reader
Voice Signature
verification
geometry Iris recognition
system
verification
system system
 system
Retinal
scanners

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Biometric
Input

hand
geometry
system

iris
recognition
system
fingerprint
reader

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 Terminals

•A
terminal is a computer that allows users to send data to and/or

receive information from a host computer

A POS terminal payment, and users to access their

records purchases, An automated teller A DVD kiosk is a
processes machine (ATM) allows self-service DVD rental
 machine
bank accounts
updates inventory

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Putting It All
Together

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 Putting It All
Together

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Putting It All
Together
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Input Devices
for Physically
Challenged
Users

• Several input devices are available to assist

physically challenged users:
Various
On-screen
Keyboards
Keyguard
with larger keys pointing devices
keyboard
 Computerized
Head-

mounted Gesture implant

pointer
devices
recognition

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Input Devices
for Physically
Challenged
Users

Keyboard with larger keys Head-mounted pointer

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Summary

Various techniques of entering input Input devices for physically

challenged users

Keyboard, mouse, and other pointing

devices; touch screens, pen input,
other input for smart phones, game
controllers, digital
cameras, voice input, video input,
scanners and reading devices,
biometric input, and terminals

Several commonly used input

devices
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