Digital input and output devices

Digital input and output devices

What are they?

An input occurs when a device receives data from another source.

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Inputs

A mouse is an input device

An output occurs when a device sends data to another source.

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Outputs

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A monitor is an output device

A device can send and receive data. We would say that it deals with outputs and inputs.

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Outputs and inputs

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A phone is an output device

and an input device​

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What type of device is this?

• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

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• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

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• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

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What type of device is this?

• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

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What type of device is this?

• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

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• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

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What type of device is this?

• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

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• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

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What type of device is this?

• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

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What type of device is this?

• An input device

• An output device

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• An input device

• An output device

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What type of device is this?

• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

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What type of device is this?

• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

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• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

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What type of device is this?

• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

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What type of device is this?

• An input device

• An output device

• An output and an input device

Hopefully you now recognise that there are both input and output devices and devices that are both.