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Input and Output Devices

Input devices are computer equipment that we use to sends data into the computer. Without input devices, we cannot communicate with the computer. Some examples of input devices are:






Input Devices
  1. Keyboard
  2. Mouse
  3. Tracker ball
  4. Joystick
  5. Light pen
  6. Digital Camera
  7. Microphone
  8. Touch screen
  9. Video Digitizer
  10. Graphics tablet
  11. Scanner
 







Output Devices
Output devices are computer equipment that enables us to see the information processed by the computer. Output devices enable us to know what the computer is doing or has already done.
  1. Monitors or Visual Display Units (VDU's)
  2. Printers
  3. Plotters
Other devices

  1. Speakers
  2. LCD projectors
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