WELCOME TO MY COMPUTER

TODAY OUR TOPIC IS INPUT

AND OUTPUT DEVICES
 Input-Output Unit
INPUT UNIT
• Gets data and programs from various inputs devices and makes
t
the available for processing to other uni s of the computer
• The input data is provided through input devices such as – keyboard,
mouse trackball, and joystick. Also by scanning images, voice
recording, vide recording etc.
• Irrespective of the kind of data, all input devices must translate the
inpu data into a form understandable by the computer
OUTPUT UNIT
• Gets processed data from computer and sends to output devices to
mak the, available to the user
• Eg. Display screen, printer, plotter, ps eaker
 INPUT DEVICES

man Data Entry Devices

Source Data Entry Device

Pointing Pick Devices Audio input Video input Optical input

Devices
 Light pen Device Devices device
 Mouse  Touch screen  Scanner
 Trackball  OCR
 Joystick  MICR
 OMR
 Digitizing Tablet
 Barcode
 Input Devices
Human data entry devices
• Are input devices that require data to be entered manually to the
computer r
• The data may be entered by typing o keying in, or by pointing a
device to a particular location.

Source data entry devices u

• are used for audio input, video inp t and to enter the source
document
directly to the computer.
• Source data entry devices do not require data to be typed-in, keyed-in
or pointed to a particular location.
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Features
• Common input device, easy to use, used for entering text data, cursor
moves with each typed character
• QWERTY keyboard is most common
Description
• Has 5 sections:
• Typing keys (1,2,3…A, B , C..)
• Numeric keypad (on right side)
• Function keys (F1,F2… on top)
• Control keys (ctrl, alt etc.)
• Special purpose keys (Enter, shift, spacebar)
 Working- Keyboard

When a key is pressed, the keyboard interacts with a keyboar

controller and keyboard buffer
Keyboard controller stores the code of pressed key in keyboard buffe
and inform the computer software that an action has happened o
the keyboard.
Computer software checks and reads the keyboard buffer and passe
the code of pressed character to the system software.
Due to a time gap between pressing of the key and reading by system
software, keyboard buffer is de signed to store many keystroke
together
 INPUT DEVICES

man Data Entry Devices

Source Data Entry Device

Pointing Pick Devices Audio input Video input Optical input

Devices
 Light pen Device Devices device
 Mouse  Touch screen  Scanner
 Trackball  OCR
 Joystick  MICR
 OMR
 Digitizing Tablet
 Barcode
 Mouse
Mouse is a small hand-held device having 2 or 3 buttons on its
upper side and also a small wheel (used for scrolling)
2 Types:
• Physical
• Optical
Physical mouse: Has a rubber ball on the bottom that protrudes
when the mouse is moved. It require a smooth, dust free
surface
Optical mouse: Uses Light Emitting Diode (LED) and a sensor
to detect the movement of mouse
• Introduced by Microsoft in 1999
 WORKING - MOUSE

Physical Mouse:
• Rollers and sensors are used to sense the direction and rate of movement.
• When the rubber ball of the mouse moves, rollers sense the horizontal an
vertical movement and sensors sense the speed.
• This information is passed to compu er via mouse chord
Optical mouse:
• When moved, a beam of light is reflected from its underside.
• This pulses of light determine the direction and rate of movement
• This information is passed to compu er via mouse chord
 Trackball
Features:
• Variant of mouse, easy to use, takes less space than mouse, it is built
in laptops since there is no space to move mouse.
•Various sizes: small and
big Description:
• Looks like an upside
down mouse e
• To move the cursor, trackball requir the ball to be rotated manually
with a finger
• The trackball device remains stationary
• The cursor on screen moves in the direction of trackball
•Trackball buttons are used similar to mouse
button Working:
• Similar to physical mouse
 INPUT DEVICES

man Data Entry Devices

Source Data Entry Device

Pointing Pick Devices Audio input Video input Optical input

Devices
 Light pen Device Devices device
 Mouse  Touch screen  Scanner
 Trackball  OCR
 Joystick  MICR
 Digitizing Tablet  OMR
 Barcode R
 TOUCH
SECREEN

Touch screens have an infrared beam that criss-cross the surface

of screen
When touched, the beam is broken, and the location is recorded.
The recorded location is sent to computer via the controller of
the touch screen.
 INPUT DEVICES

man Data Entry Devices

Source Data Entry Device

Pointing Pick Devices Audio input

Devices Video input Optical input
 Light pen Device Devices device
 Mouse  Touch screen  Scanner
 Trackball  OCR
 Joystick  MICR
 Digitizing Tablet  OMR
 Barcode R
 Audio Input Device

 Used for making telephone calls, for

audio/video conferencing, to record voice, to
create audio files etc.
Use of microphones – to input voice data
Sound card – translates analog audio signals to
digital codes and vice versa
Translating spoken words to text – speech
recognition/Voice recognition
 Video Input Device

Video inputs are provided using Video camera and digital

camera Webcam is a common video camera device
A video capture card allows the user to connect video input
devices
 INPUT DEVICES

man Data Entry Devices

Source Data Entry Device

Pointing Pick Devices Audio input

Devices Video input Optical input
 Light pen Device Devices device
 Mouse  Touch screen  Scanner
 Trackball  OCR
 Joystick  MICR
 Digitizing Tablet  OMR
 Barcode R
 Optical input device
canner
• Hand held scanner
• Flat bed scanner
Hard Copy Device s

The output obtained in a tangible form on a paper or any surface

called hard copy output.
is
The hard copy can be stored perm anently and is
portable.
The hard copy output can be read or used without a computer.
The devices that generate hard copy output are called hard
copy devices.
• Printer, plotter and microfiche are co mmon hard copy output
devices.
Printer
A printer prints the output information from the computer onto a paper.
Printers are generally used to print textual information, graphical information
etc
Printers are classified into two categories—
• Impact printer
• use the typewriter approach of physically striking a typeface against
the paper and inked ribbon.
• slow
• E.g. Dot matrix printers, daisy wheel printers , drum printers

• Non-impact printer.
• They do not hit or impact a ribbo n to print.
• They use electro-static chemical s and ink-jet technologies.
• fast
• E.g. Inkjet printer, Laser printer
 Soft Copy Devices
The output obtained in an intangib le form on a visual display,
p co
audio unit or video unit is called soft y output.
The soft copy allows corrections to be made, can be stored, and,
can be sent to other users.
The soft copy output requires a computer to be read or used.
The devices that generate soft copy output are called soft
copy devices.
• Visual output devices like computer monitor, visual display terminal,
video system and audio response system are common soft copy output
devices.
 Monitor
The monitor is along with the computer, to view th
provided displayed output.
A monitor is of two kinds
• monochrome display monitor
• uses only one color to display te t
• color display monitor.
• can display 256 colors at one tim e
The clarity of image on the computer screen depends o
three factors- Resolution of Screen, Dot Pitch, Refres
Rate
Visual Display Ter inal

A monitor and keyboard together are known as Visual Display

Terminal (VDT).
A keyboard is used to input data and monitor is used to display the
output from the computer.
Computer terminals are categorized as dumb, smart and intelligent
terminals.
Dumb terminals
• do not have processing and programming capabilities.
Smart terminals
• have built-in processing capability but do not have its own storage
capacity.
Intelligent terminals g
• have both built-in processing and stora e capacity.
 Video Output
Screen image projector or data projector is an output device tha
displays information from the com puter onto a large white screen.

The projector is mainly used t display visual output to a larg

gathering of people required
• for the purposes of teaching, training, meetings, conference presentations,
etc.
 Audio Response
A complete sound system consists of sound card, microphone
speaker and the appropriate software.
In addition to recording and play ing the sound, the software allow
editing of sound, like cutting, copy, amplification and creation o
vibrant sound effects.
Audio response provides audio output from the computer.
Audio output device E.g. speakers, headset or headphone
Audio response is used by visually impaired to read information fro
the screen. For speech impaired people, audio response helps them t
communicate with other people.
 INPUT DEVICES

man Data Entry Devices

Source Data Entry Device

Pointing Pick Devices Audio input Video input Optical input

Devices
 Light pen Device Devices device
 Mouse  Touch screen  Scanner
 Trackball  OCR
 Joystick  MICR
 Digitizing Tablet  OMR
 Barcode R