input ,output devices and other devices

input ,output devices and other devices

1. Input Devices

   • mouse
   • keyboard
   • microphone
   • key pad
   • touch pad
   • scanner
   • chip and PIN reader
   • remote control
   • barcode reader
   • magnetic stripe reader
   • MIDI
   • sensors
   • camera
   • Input devices allow us to enter raw data into a computer. The computer processes the data and then produces outputs that we can understand using an output device. Input devices can be manual or automatic.

2. output devices

   • monitor
   • printer
   • plotter
   • actuators
   • speaker, earphones and headphones
   • An output device is any piece of computer hardware item used to communicate the results of data processing carried out by an information processing system (such as a computer) which converts the electronically generated information into human-readable form.

3. storage devices

   • usb stick
   • external harddrive
   • hard disk drive (HDD) using magnetic disks
   • solid-state drive (SSD)
   • optical device
   • flash memory devices
   • cloud storage
   • a piece of computer equipment on which information can be stored.
     • internal hardrive

4. connectivity devices

   • wireless access point (WAP)
   • switch
   • wireless network card
   • network card (NIC)
   • modem
   • Router
   • Connectivity devices are devices used to make physical network connections. They do not make changes to the data or transmission route. Connectivity devices operate at the physical layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. Internetworking devices move data across a network.