HUMAN DATA ENTRY DEVICES
Assignment by First & Second Bench
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4 Input and Output Devices
4.1 Basic Introduction :
A computer interacts with the external environment via
input-output (I/O) devices attached to it.
- Input device is used for providing data and instructions
to the computer.
- After processing the input data, computer provides
output to the user via output device.
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4.2 Input Devices
- Input devices allow users and other applications to input
data into the computer, for processing.
- The data input to a computer can be in the form of text,
audio, video, etc.
- Keyboard, Mouse, Digitizing Tablet, Joystick,
Touchscreen, Scanner and so on are the examples of input
devices.
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- There are some devices that can be used both as Input and
Output devices: Hard disk drive, USB drive, CD drive,
DVD drive, Floppy drive etc.
- The input is provided to the computer using an input device
akknd must be translated to a form that the computer can
understand. The translation is done by the input interface of
the input device.
Input devices can be classified as follows:
-Human Data entry devices
-Source Data entry devices
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4.3 Human Data Entry Devices
Input devices that require data to be entered manually to
the computer are known as human data entry devices.
- The data may be entered by typing or keying in, or by
pointing a device to a particular location.
- Keyboard (Universal Input Device), Pointing devices like
Mouse, Joystick, Digitizing Tablet and Pick devices like
Light pen and Touch screen are HDED.
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4.3.1 Keyboard
Features
- Keyboard is a common (universal) input device. It is
provided along with the computer and easy to use.
- It is used for entering the text data by typing.
- When the data is being typed, the monitor (output device)
displays the typed data.
- Design is similar to the standard typewriter. The modern
keyboards are QWERTY keyboard.
Working of keyboard: When a key is pressed, keyboard
interacts with a keyboard controller and keyboard buffer.
The keyboard controller stores the code of pressed key in
the keyboard buffer and informs the computer software
and hence output is shown.
4.3.2 Pointing Devices - Mouse
Pointing devices are used for providing input to a computer by moving
a device to point to a location on computer monitor.
Mouse is a small hand-held device having two or three buttons & a
small wheel on its upper side. Mouse is also a commonly used input
device.
- The data is entered by pointing the mouse to a location on the
computer screen.
- Benefit of a mouse is that the curser moves with the motion of the
mouse which makes us easy to select and choose commands from
menus, dialog boxes, icons, etc.
- It is used extensively while working with graphics elements such as
line, curve, shapes, etc.
Mouse can be classified as:
1. Physical mouse: Normal mouse which we use in our
daily life. Contains two: left &right buttons & a wheel.
2. Optical mouse: Uses a Light Emitting Diode (LED) & a
sensor to detect the movement of mouse.
Using a mouse:
•Pointing
•Left Click
•Right Click
•Double Click
•Drag and Drop
Track Ball: Same as physical mouse but contains a circular wheel.
4.3.3 Joystick
Joystick is a device commonly used for playing games. It is mainly used to
control the speed of cursor and thus popular in games which involve in racing
and flying.
4.3.4 Digitizing Tablet
Digitizing Tablet is an input device which is mainly used in Graphic Designing.
It is an electronic flat tablet.
-The pen used in Digitizing Tablet seems like a simple pen but has an electronic
head which corresponds to the movement of pen on the monitor.
- Different types of logos, drawings & Digital Signature can be made using
Digitizing Tablet.
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