Input Device

What is simply a set of buttons. Each button has a symbol assigned. A very common, general purpose, input device that allows text (abc…), numbers (123…) and symbols (%$@...) to be entered into a computer.

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What is a pointing device found on most PCs. Sensors on the bottom of the mouse detect when the mouse is moved. Data about this movement is sent to the computer.

• Mouse

• Touchpad / Trackpad

• Trackball / Tracker Ball

• Joystick / Joypad

What is pointing device found on most laptops. Used instead of a mouse since it takes up less space. The user moves a finger across the touch pad and this movement data is sent to the computer.

• Mouse

• Touchpad / Trackpad

• Trackball / Tracker Ball

• Joystick / Joypad

What is this pointing device is not moved about like a mouse, instead it has a large ball that the user spins. Data about which direction the ball is spun is passed to the computer.

• Mouse

• Touchpad / Trackpad

• Trackball / Tracker Ball

• Joystick / Joypad

What is this device when the user selects items on the screen by touching the surface.

• Graphics Tablet

• Touch Screen

• Light Pen

• Joystick / Joypad

A pointing device often used by designers and artists to allow natural hand movements to be input to graphics applications. A stylus is held like a pen and moved over the surface of the tablet. Data about the stylus movements are sent to the computer.

• Light Pen

• Joystick / Joypad

• Graphics Tablet

• Touch Screen

What is a device used as a pointing device or to ‘write’ on the screen of a computer. It is rarely used today since graphics tablets and high-quality touch screens provide similar functionality.

• Touchpad / Trackpad

• Graphics Tablet

• Trackball / Tracker Ball

• Light Pen

What is a scanner?

• This is a very basic video camera used to feed live video into a computer.

• A device that ‘scans’ images, book pages, etc.

• A device that captures digital photographs.

• A device that captures moving images, or video.

What is a Digital Camera?

• This is a very basic video camera used to feed live video into a computer.

• A device that ‘scans’ images, book pages, etc.

• A device that captures digital photographs.

• A device that captures moving images, or video.

What is a Video Camera?

• This is a very basic video camera used to feed live video into a computer.

• A device that ‘scans’ images, book pages, etc.

• A device that captures digital photographs.

• A device that captures moving images, or video.