Wednesday, April 8, 2009

2.2.1.1 : The Input Devices used for Text, Graphic, Audio & Video.

Input Devices For Texts:
Keyboard, virtual keyboard (on the screen) & an optical reader (uses a light source to read characters, marks and codes and then converts them into digital data that a computer can process.
Input Devices For Graphics:
Scanner is a device that captures images from photographic prints, posters, magazine pages and similar sources for computer editing and display.
Digital camera allows you to take pictures and store the photographed images digitally.
Input Devices For Audio:
Audio input devices are such microphone and digital musical instruments like the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) keyboard.
Input Devices For Video:
Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) video camera is a type of digital video camera that enables a home or small business user to capture video and still images.
A webcam is any video camera that displays its output on a web page.
A digital video camera allows you to record full motion and store the captured motion digitally.
Pointing Devices:
A pointing device is another form of input device. Pointing devices such as a mouse, trackball, graphics tablet and touch screen are used to input spatial data into the computer. (Spatial data refers to data that is continuous and multi-dimensional).

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