iNPUT Device of Computer

INPUT DEVICES
 Devices which are used for entering the data

into the computer.
 The process of entering the data into the
computer system.
 Transferring the data into the Machine readable
form.
 Supply the data for further processing.
Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

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Turban, Rainer & Potter
© 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Data Entry Concepts
 Entering of the data into the computer in
timely manner, at reasonable cost and with
minimum of errors.
 2 basic ways in which data are entered:
1. Transcriptive Data Entry
2. Source Data Entry
 In Transcriptive, the data is entered on
documents. For example, handwritten.
 In Source Data Entry, the data are prepared at
source in machine-readable form.

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ON-LINE/OFF-LINE
 Device used to enter the data can be either on-

line or off-line.
 On-line refers to devices that are directly
connected to CPU.
Off-line refers to devices that are not directly
connected.

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INPUT ACCURACY
 Errors may occur during entering the data.
 2 various methods used to eliminate the
errors:
1. Verification
2. Validation
 Verification is the checking of data against a
known source.
 Validation is the checking of data that
deviate from this range.

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INPUT DEVICES
 Input is the process of entering and translating
incoming data into Machine-readable form.
 Hardware is the physical component of
computer system.
 Any hardware that is attached to main unit of
computer is Peripheral Device.
 So input device is peripheral device through
which data is entered.
 Various Input Devices are.

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1. KEYBOARD
 Most preferred and common input device.
 Traditional QWERTY keyboard.
 Feature of the Keyboard:
1. Standard Typewriter Keys
2. Function Keys
3. Special Purpose keys
4. Cursor-movement keys
5. Numeric keys

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2. MOUSE
 Developed by Doug Engelbart in 1960.
 It is used instead of Enter (Return) key on
keyboard.
 Operates either electromechanically or optically.
 electromechanical mouse has sphere on its under
side.
 Optical mouse travels over special table of grid
lines.

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3. JOYSTICK
 Input device that enables the user to control the
position of the cursor with the help of lever.
 It sends the digital signals to control the cursor
movements.
 Used to play computer games.
 It provides the user eight direction movements.

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4. TRACKBALL
 Input device which is variation in the mouse.
 It is like an upside down mouse.
 It has ball on the top and the user moves the
ball directly with the hands.
 Firstly used in the Laptops.
 Rotation of the sphere translates the direction
and speed into digital signals used to control
the cursor.

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5. TOUCHPAD
 Input device used in the modern laptops.
 User can move the cursor around the screen by
moving the finger on the pad.
 For clicking there are two buttons and also the
user can tap the pad for clicking an icon.

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6. TRACKPOINT
 Input button which is protruded in between the
keys of the keyboard.
Works like mouse.
Rotate the cursor around the screen.

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7. TOUCH SCREEN
 It registers the input when a finger or object
comes in contact with the screen.
 It employs the technique of infrared beams and
Ultrasonic Acoustic Waves.
 Infrared beams crisscross the surface of the
screen and when beam is broken the location is
recorded.
Ultrasonic waves pass over the surface of the
screen and when wave signal is interrupted the
location is recorded.

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8. LIGHT PEN
Hand held pen shaped input device connected by
cable to computer and is used special software to
detect light.
 It looks like an ordinary pen but its tip is light
sensitive detector.
 It does not emit light rather it reacts to light
through photosensitive detector.
 Frequently used by the graphic designers and
drafting engineers.

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9. Digitizer
 Input device similar to light pen.
 Difference is it uses separate pad called
graphic tablet on which the pointing device is
moved.

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10. SCANNER
 Also called Optical Reader.
 works like photocopier machine.
 It digitizes the information into computer.
 It take an electronic image of the text or
graphs and breaks each image into
thousands of light & dark dots.
 Passes strong light on the text.

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11. MICR
 Magnetic-ink Character Recognition.
 The interpretation by computer of line of
characters written in special magnetic ink.
 Mainly used in the banks for the processing
of cheques.

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12. OMR
 Optical-Mark Recognition.
 Simplest form of optical recognition.
 Employs mark sensing.
 High intensity of light that is directed in the
form of beam at the sheets of the paper
being fed through it.
 To scan and translate the locations of pen
or pencil marks into computer.
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13. BCR (OBR)
 Bar Coded Recognition (Optical Bar
Recognition).
 Optical bar reader scans, recognizes and
interprets a patterns of lines that form a bar
code.
 Bar code also called product codes.
 By passing some laser beams.
 UPC (Universal Product Code)
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14. OCR
 Optical Character Recognition.
 Device that reads alphanumeric characters
of both handwritten or typed text.
 These characters are interpreted by passing
some strong light.
 The characters must be recognized by
standardized fonts called Optical fonts.

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 Devices which are used for entering the data

Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

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 Device used to enter the data can be either on-

Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

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Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

Introduction to Information Technology, 2nd Edition

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