Input

What Is Input?
What is input?
➢ Data or instructions entered into memory of
computer
➢ Input device is any hardware component that
allows users to enter data and instructions

p. 234 and 236 Fig. 5-1 Next

 What Is Input?
What are the two types of input?
➢ Data
▪ Unprocessed text,
numbers, images,
audio, and video
➢ Instructions
▪ Programs
▪ Commands
▪ User responses

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 The Keyboard
How is the keyboard divided?
➢ Typing area
➢ Numeric keypad
➢ Function keys, special
keys that issue
commands

p. 236 Fig. 5-2 Next

 The Keyboard
What are alternative forms for commands?
➢ Many programs allow you to use key combination,
menu, or button to obtain same result
MICROSOFT WORD KEY COMBINATION EQUIVALENTS

Key Menu |
Command Combination Command Button

Copy Shift+F2 or Edit | Copy

Ctrl+C

Open Ctrl+F12 File | Open

Paste Ctrl+V Edit | Paste

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 The Keyboard
What is the insertion point?
➢ Blinking vertical bar that indicates where next
character you type will display
➢ Pointer changes
location and shape
as you move mouse
or other pointing
device

p. 237 Fig. 5-3 Next

 The Keyboard
What is a cordless keyboard?
➢ Communicate with a
receiver attached to a
port on the system
unit

p. 238 Fig. 5-4 Next

 The Keyboard
What are other types of keyboards?
➢ Notebook and many
handheld computers
have built-in keyboards

p. 238 Next
 Pointing Devices
What is a mouse?
➢ Pointing device that fits under palm of hand
▪ Pointing device controls
mouse buttons
movement of pointer, also wheel
called mouse pointer button

➢ Mechanical mouse
has rubber or metal
ball on underside ball

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p. 239 Fig. 5-5 Next
 Pointing Devices
What is an optical mouse?
➢ No moving mechanical
parts inside
➢ Senses light to detect
mouse’s movement
➢ More precise than
mechanical mouse
➢ Connects using a
cable, or wireless

p. 239 Fig. 5-6 Next

 Other Pointing Devices
What is a trackball?
➢ Stationary pointing device
with a ball on its top or side
➢ To move pointer, rotate ball
with thumb, fingers, or palm
of hand

p. 241 Fig. 5-8 Next

 Other Pointing Devices
What are a touchpad and a
pointing stick?
➢ Touchpad is small, flat,
rectangular pointing device
sensitive to pressure and motion
➢ Pointing stick is pointing device
shaped like pencil eraser
positioned between keys on
keyboard

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p. 241 - 242 Figs. 5-9—5-10 Next
 Other Pointing Devices
What are a joystick and a wheel?
➢ Joystick is vertical
lever mounted
on a base
➢ Wheel is
steering-wheel-type
input device
▪ Pedal simulates
car brakes and
accelerator

p. 242 Fig. 5-11 Next

 Other Pointing Devices
What is a touch screen?
➢ Touch areas of screen with
finger
➢ Often used with kiosks

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p. 243 Fig. 5-13 Next
 Keyboard and Pointing Devices
What is a stylus and a digital pen?
➢ Looks like a ballpoint pen, but uses pressure to write
text and draw lines
➢ Used with graphics tablets, flat electronic boards

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p. 243 Fig. 5-14 and 5-15 Next
 Voice Input
What is a MIDI (musical instrument
digital interface)?
➢ External device, such as electronic piano
keyboard, to input music and sound
effects

p. 246 Fig. 5-19 Next

 PDAs, Tablet PCs, and Smart Phones
How is a data
entered into a
PDA?

p. 247 Fig. 5-20 Next

 PDAs, Tablet PCs, and Smart Phones
What is a smart phone?
➢ Users can input and send
text messages, graphics,
pictures, video clips, and
sound files
➢ Many have a built-in or
attachable camera

p. 248 Fig. 5-22 Next

 PDAs, Tablet PCs, and Smart Phones
What is a Tablet PC?
➢ Mobile computer that
includes handwriting
recognition software
➢ Primary input device is a
pressure-sensitive digital
pen

p. 249 Fig. 5-23 Next

 Digital Cameras
What is a digital camera?
➢ Allows you to take
digital pictures
➢ Images viewable
immediately on
camera
▪ Download to
computer
▪ Post pictures
to Web

p. 250 Fig. 5-24 Next

 Digital Cameras
What is resolution?
➢ Sharpness and clarity of image
➢ The higher the resolution, the better the image
quality, but the more expensive the camera
➢ Pixel (picture element)
is single point in
electronic image
▪ Greater the number of
pixels, the better the
image quality

p. 252 Fig. 5-26 Next

 Video Input
What is video input?
➢ Process of entering full-motion images
into computer
➢ Video capture card is
adapter card that converts
analog video signal into
digital signal that
computer can use
➢ Digital video (DV)
camera records video as
digital signals

p. 253 Fig. 5-27 Next

 Video Input
What are a PC video camera and a Web cam?
➢ PC video camera — DV camera used to capture video
c c

and still images, and to make

video telephone calls on Internet
▪ Also called PC camera
➢ Web cam — video camera
c c

whose output displays on

a Web page

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p. 253 Fig. 5-28 Next
 Video Input
What is video conferencing?
➢ Two or more geographically separated people
who use network or Internet to transmit
audio and video data
▪ Whiteboard is
another window on
screen that can
display notes and
drawings
simultaneously on
all participants’
screens

p. 254 Fig. 5-29 Next

 Scanners and Reading Devices
Flatbed

What is a scanner?
➢ Light-sensing device that
reads printed text and Pen or
graphics Handheld

▪ Used for image processing,

converting paper documents
Sheet-fed
into electronic images

Drum

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p. 255 Fig. 5-30 Next
 Scanners and Reading Devices
What is an optical reader?
➢ Device that uses light source to read characters, marks,
and codes and then converts them into digital data
▪ Optical character recognition
(OCR) reads characters in
OCR font
▪ Optical mark recognition
(OMR) reads hand-drawn pencil
marks, such as small circles

p. 257 Fig. 5-32 Next

 Scanners and Reading Devices
What is a bar code reader?
➢ Uses laser beams to read bar codes

p. 258 Fig. 5-34 Next

 Scanners and Reading Devices
What is a bar code?
➢ Identification code that consists of a set of vertical
lines and spaces of different widths
➢ Universal Product
Code (UPC)

p. 258 Fig. 5-35 Next

 Other Input Devices
What is an RFID reader?
➢ Reads information on
the tag via radio waves
▪ Can be handheld
devices or mounted in a
stationary object

p. 259 Fig. 5-36 Next

 Other Input Devices
What is a magnetic stripe card reader?
➢ Reads the magnetic
stripe on the back of a
credit card
➢ Exposure to a magnetic
field can erase the
contents of a card’s
magnetic stripe

p. 260 Fig. 5-37 Next

 Scanners and Reading Devices
What is a magnetic-ink character recognition
(MICR) reader?
➢ Can read text printed with magnetized ink
➢ Banking industry almost exclusively uses MICR
for check processing

p. 260 Fig. 5-38 Next

 Terminals
What is an automated teller machine (ATM)?
➢ Self-service banking
machine that connects to a
host computer through a
network

p. 262 Fig. 5-41 Next

 Biometric Input
What is biometrics?
➢ Authenticates person’s identity
by verifying personal
characteristic
▪ Fingerprint scanner captures
curves and indentations of
fingerprint
▪ Hand geometry system measures
shape and size of person’s hand

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p. 262 Fig. 5-42 and 5-43 Next
 Biometric Input
What are examples of biometric technology?
➢ Voice verification system compares live
speech with stored voice pattern
➢ Signature verification system recognizes
shape of signature
➢ Iris recognition system reads
patterns in blood vessels in back
of eye
▪ Biometric data is sometimes stored
on smart card, which stores
personal data on microprocessor
embedded in card
p. 263 Figs. 5-44—5-45 Next