3.1+Hardware+-+Input+devices

=3.1 HARDWARE - Input and Output Devices=

INPUT DEVICES
"An input device is any [|peripheral] (piece of [|computer hardware] equipment) used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system (such as a [|computer]). Input and [|output devices] make up the hardware interface between a computer as a [|scanner] or [|6DOF] controller." - Wikipedia There are many input devices used in computer systems, these include:
 * Keyboards
 * Numeric keypads
 * Pointing devices (including mouse, touch pad and tracker ball)
 * Remote controls
 * Joysticks
 * Touch screens
 * Graphics tablet
 * Magnetic stripe readers
 * Chip readers
 * PIN pads
 * Digital cameras
 * Video cameras
 * Web cams
 * Scanners
 * Microphones
 * Sensors
 * MICR
 * OMR
 * OCR
 * Barcode readers
 * Light pens

Pictures, definitions and examples of these input devices can be found [|here]

This video shows a quick overview of the main input devices used in computer systems: media type="youtube" key="dGt10AiW0GY" width="425" height="350"