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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.
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.
What is a Web Cam?
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 an input device that converts sound into a signal that can be fed into a computer.
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What does Temperature sensor detects?
Temperature
Light / dark
How close / far something is
Dampness / dryness
What does Moisture sensor detects?
Temperature
Light / dark
How close / far something is
Dampness / dryness
What does Proximity sensor detects?
Temperature
Light / dark
How close / far something is
Dampness / dryness
What does Light sensor detects?
Temperature
Light / dark
How close / far something is
Dampness / dryness
