Chapter 6
Input Devices
CHAPTER OUTLINE
- Introduction
- Types of Input Devices
- Keyboard
- Pointing Devices
- Speech Recognition System
- Digital Camera
- Webcam
- Scanners
- Optical Character Recognition
- Optical Mark Recognition
- Magnetic-ink Character Recognition
- Bar Code Reader
6.1 INTRODUCTION
In the computer terminology, a device can be referred as a unit of hardware, which is capable of providing input to the computer or receiving output or both. When the term ‘device’ is used, it includes keyboard, mouse, display monitors, printers and other hardware units. The input devices are the hardware that allows to feed information into a computer and enables to provide the means of communication between the computer and the outer world.
An input device can ...
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