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Chapter 07: Input and
Output

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Competencies (Page 1 of 2)
• Define input
• Describe keyboard entry including the
different types of keyboards and
keyboard features
• Discuss pointing devices including mice,
touch screens, joysticks, and styluses
• Describe scanning devices including
optical scanners and card readers
• Discuss image capturing devices
including digital cameras and digital
video cameras

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Competencies

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• Define output
• Discuss monitors features, flat-panel,
CRT, e-book readers, data projectors,
and HDTVs
• Define printing features as well as
ink-jet, laser, dot-matrix, thermal,
plotter, photo, and portable printers
• Discuss audio-output devices
• Define combination input and output
devices

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Introduction
• Have you ever wondered

how information gets into
your computer or comes
out in a form you can use?
– Input devices convert what
we understand into what the
system unit can process
– Output devices convert what
the system unit has
processed into a form that
we can understand

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What is Input?
• Any data or instructions used by a
computer
• Input devices translate data into a
form that the
system unit can process
• Some hardware input devices include:
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Keyboards
Pointing devices
Scanning devices
Other devices
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Keyboard Entry

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• Keyboards
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Traditional keyboards

Ergonomic keyboards
Wireless keyboards
PDA keyboards
Virtual keyboards

• Features

– Typewriter keyboard with numeric
keypad
Special purpose keys

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ã Toggle
ã Combination Keys

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Keyboard Entry

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Traditional Keyboard

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Pointing Devices

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• Mice
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Mechanical
Optical
Cordless or wireless

• Three similar devices to mice
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Trackball
Touch pads
Pointing stick

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Pointing Devices

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ã Joystick
ã Touch Screen
Multi-touch screen

ã Stylus

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Scanning Devices
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• Optical scanners
– Flatbed scanners
– Document scanners
– Portable scanners

• Card Readers
– Magnetic card readers
– Radio Frequency
card readers

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Scanning Devices

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• Bar code readers

– Handheld wand readers
or platform scanners
– Contain photoelectric cells
that read bar codes

• Character and mark
recognition devices

– Magnetic ink character recognition
(MICR)
– Optical-character recognition
(OCR)
– Optical-mark recognition (OMR)

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Image Capturing
Devices

• Digital cameras

– Images recorded digitally on a disk
– Images can be downloaded to a computer

• Digital video cameras
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Records motion digitally
Can take still images as well
WebCams
• Specialized digital
video cameras
• Broadcast images
over the Internet
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Instant Messaging and
WebCams
• Exchange messages and files with
friends
• Voice and video capabilities
• Application sharing

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Audio-Input Devices
• Voice recognition systems
– Use a microphone, a sound card,
and special software
– Users can operate
computers and create
documents using
voice commands

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What is Output?
• Processed data or information
• Types of output
– Text
– Graphics/Photos
– Audio & video

ã Output devices
Monitors
Printers
Other Devices

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Monitors

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Known as screens or display screens
Output referred to as soft copy
Features
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Resolution/pixels
Dot pitch
Refresh rate
Size

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Monitors

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• Cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors
• Flat-panel monitors
– Require less power to operate
– Portable and thinner than CRTs

• Other monitors
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E-books readers
Data projectors
High-definition
television (HDTV)

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Printers

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• Translates information that has been
processed by the system unit
• Output referred to as hard copy
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Resolution
Color capability
Speed
Memory
Duplex printing

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Printers

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• Ink-jet printer
• Laser printer

– Personal laser printers
– Shared laser printers

ã Thermal printer
ã Other printers





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Dot-matrix printers
Plotters
Photo printers
Portable printers

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Audio-Output Devices
• Translates audio information from the
computer into sounds that people can
understand
• Common devices
Speakers
Headphones

ã Digital Music Player
iPod
iRiver

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