Basic Input Devices

What is an input device?

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Device Image Description Uses
Keyboard

A very common input device which
has a set of buttons. Text,
numbers and symbols can be
entered

General text entry
such as writing letters
etc
Shortcuts/Commands
Numeric
Keypad /
Pin Pad

A small keyboard that only has
numbers.



-Supermarkets
Mouse

it is often called a pointed and allows
for you to select things on a screen
-Everyone
Touchpad

It can be used instead of a mouse and
allows the user to interact with it.
-Designers
Tracker
ball

i t is like a mouse and lets the pointer
on the screen move by moving the
ball
-Disabled people
Graphics
Tablet

it can produe more accurate drawring
than a mouse.
-Graphics designers
-Illustraters
Remote
Control

It is a handheld device which is
used tocontrol a machine from a
short distance.

-People with a T.V.


Joystick/
Joypad

They used to control aeroplanes and
now used for gaming.
-Gamers
-Traine pilots
Light Pen

A pen used to write on computer
screens.
-Technicians
Touch
Screen

It is the only device which can be an
input of output device. it lets the user
interact with the screen.
-Phone users


Device Image Description Uses
Magnetic
Strip
Reader

It reads the magnetic strip of cards
and interprets it so it can access
details and information
-Credit Cards
-Debit Cards
Chip
Reader

They can read smartcards because they
have a chip embeded into them.
-Banks
-Offices
Scanner

Used to convert handwrittern text
into word format.




-Banks
Digital
Camera

A device capable of taking photos. -Photographers
Video
Camera

A device capable of recording video
footage
-Visitors
-Tourists
-Teachers
Webcam

A small device which has a camera
built in so you and others can see
yourself or whatever is being
captured by by the webcam
-Social media
-meetings
Micro-
phone

It is used to input sound. -Music Artists
MICR
Reader

MICR (Magnetic Ink Character
Reader) Magnetic is a technology that
allows details from bank cheques to be
read into a computer quickly and
accurately. The cheque number and bank
account number are printed at the
bottom of each bank cheque in special
magnetic ink using a special font. These
numbers can be detected by an MICR
reader.
-Bank Cheques
OMR
Scanner

OMR (Optical Mark Reader) is used to
scan marks by reflecting a light onto
the paper.
-Lottery results
-Exam multiple
answer question
OCR
Scanner

An OCR scanner is a normal scanner
with special software in it. It can scan
text with different size and style and
then recognises the characters and
types it on a document.
-Reading writing
-Changes text
Barcode
Scanner

A barcode scanner is an automatic
input device which is used to
scan/read barcodes by using a visible
red light. The reflected light is
translated
into digital data which is interpreted
and identifies the product
-Shop items