Input Devices

Input Devices –

Mouse

A mouse is a piece of equipment that you move about with your hand which you can see a pointer on the monitor and you use it to click on icon and text on the monitor 

Keyboard

The keyboard is an input device designed to enter text, characters and other commands into the computer.  Keyboards may be wired or wireless but they always communicate with the computer via PS/2 or USB connections, usually located on the motherboard.

Even though the keyboard sits outside the main computer housing, it is an essential part of the complete system.

Joystick

A computer input device that was used to play games on computers. It usually had a handle with a firing button on the top, or where the trigger finger is.

Microphone

A microphone is an amazing thing. It actually transfers energy--right in the palm of your hand! It takes an acoustical energy (your voice or instrument) and turns it into an electrical energy. This electrical energy can then be recorded and amplified

Scanner

A scanner is a device that captures images from photographic prints, posters, magazine pages, and similar sources for computer editing and display. Scanners come in flatbed types and for scanning black-and-white only, or color. Very high resolution scanners are used for scanning for high-resolution printing, but lower resolution scanners are adequate for capturing images for computer display

Camera

A camera is a device that records images that can be stored directly, transmitted to another location, or both. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the word camera obscura (Latin for "dark chamber"), an early mechanism for projecting images. The modern camera evolved from the camera obscura.