input mindmap

input mindmap

1. Keyboard entry - The use of a keyboard to enter data, the user presses letters and symbols

2. Concept Keyboard- Specialised or concept keyboards are used in businesses e.g. pubs and fast food restaurants where the keyboard is pre-programmed with specific keys for food items (grid of images)

   • Remote control- the remote control can be switched on electronic devices such as televisions or hard disk video recorders. They issue commands from the pre-printed buttons.

3. Mouse - A pointing device used as a selection tool

4. Touchscreen - A touchscreen can detect exactly where on its surface it has been touched. Touchscreens are used in railway for ticket purchase

   • Microphone - Used to input sound into a computer system and often used for voice recognition systems

5. Joystick- The Main use is to play video games by controlling the way something moves on the screen

6. Digital camera- Takes pictures and stores them on a memory card which can be transferred to a computer

   • MIDI Interface- Musical Instrument digital interface

7. Webcam- are used as input into a computer system as part of a video conferencing system

   • Scanner - used to input hard copies of images/pictures and text into a computer

8. Digital Recorder- used to take video films which can be input into a computer