Inputs and Outputs

Inputs and Outputs

1. inputs

   • a mouse
     • It is used for moving the cursor to different items on the screen.
   • a keyboard
     • A keyboard is an device used to enter characters and functions into the computer system by pressing buttons, or keys.
   • a scanner
     • A scanner is a device that captures images from photographic prints, posters, magazine pages, and similar sources for computer editing and display.
   • Input device. In computing, an input device is any peripheral used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system such as a computer or other information appliance.

2. output

   • a screen
   • a monitor
   • a printer
     • A printer is a device that accepts text and graphic output from a computer and transfers the information to paper, usually to standard size sheets of paper.
   • headphones
     • Headphones are a pair of small speakers used for listening to sound from a computer, music player or other such electronic device.
   • Output device. An output device is any piece of computer hardware equipment used to communicate the results of data processing carried out by an information processing system (such as a computer) to the outside world

3. storage devices

   • CD
     • DVD
     • A CD player is an electronic device that plays audio compact discs
   • memory stick
   • storage tape
   • flash
   • Storage device. A piece of computer equipment on which information can be stored.

4. Sensors

   • motion
   • heat
   • light
   • PH
   • touch
   • smoke
   • pressure
   • Sensor. A device which detects or measures a physical property and records, indicates, or otherwise responds to it.