Types of Input and Output Devices

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What is the most common input device for entering text and numbers into a computer?

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Keyboard

Front

How can keyboards be connected to a computer?

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Built into the computer, attached using a cable, or connected wirelessly.

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What is a pointing device used for?

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To position the pointer on the screen.

Front

What are some common types of pointing devices?

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Mouse, touchpad, pointing stick, trackball.

Front

A pointing device that fits comfortably in the palm of your hand.

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What is a mouse?

Front

A pressure-sensitive device that resembles a pencil eraser.

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What is a pointing stick?

Front

A pointing device that works like a mouse with a ball on top.

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What is a trackball?

Front

sensitive surface that responds to electrical impulses in your fingertips.

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touch-screen

Front

A pen-like writing instrument that works with touch-screens.

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stylus

Front

used to change images into codes that the computer accepts as input.

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