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Input Devices: A) Keyboard

The input unit converts data into electrical pulses that are transmitted to computer memory where they become available for processing. Common input devices include keyboards, mice, joysticks, and light pens. Keyboards are primarily used for entering text and allow efficient entry of non-graphic data. Keys perform different actions, such as toggle keys, combination keys, and cursor movement keys.

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Input Devices: A) Keyboard

The input unit converts data into electrical pulses that are transmitted to computer memory where they become available for processing. Common input devices include keyboards, mice, joysticks, and light pens. Keyboards are primarily used for entering text and allow efficient entry of non-graphic data. Keys perform different actions, such as toggle keys, combination keys, and cursor movement keys.

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Input Devices

In order for the computer system to process details of each command, we will have to convert
into a machine readable format and this is done through input unit. The input unit will transmit the data as
a series of electrical pulses into computer memory unit where it will be available for processing.
The input unit is the device used to enter data and instructions into the computer. The data read
from the input device is stored in the computer's memory. Some common input devices are: keyboard,
mouse, joystick, light pen, etc.

a) Keyboard
An alphanumeric keyboard on a computer system is used primarily as a device for entering text strings.
The keyboard is an efficient device for inputting non-graphic data such as picture labels associated with a
graphics display. Keyboards can also be provided with features to facilitate entry of screen coordinates,
menu selections, or graphics functions. Some keys such as the shift and caps lock key are toggle keys.
Other keys such as Alt and Ctrl are combination keys that perform an action when held down in
combination with another key. Tab keys moves the cursor to the next tab position. Enter key is used to go
to next line. Backspace is used to delete the back position (previous) character.

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