This document provides an overview of input/output interfaces in 3 paragraphs. It discusses how I/O devices communicate differently than internal storage due to differences in operation, data transfer rates, word formats, and peripheral operating modes. It describes how interface modules connect I/O devices like keyboards, displays, printers and storage to the I/O bus and processor. Finally, it provides an example of an I/O interface unit that uses control and status registers to facilitate communication between a CPU and I/O device over control, data and status lines.