Section2 Input and Output Devices

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Your Book explains about :
Keyboard
Numeric Keypads
pointing Devices
Remote Controls
Joystick/Gamepads
Touch Screen
Magnetic Stripe Readers
o Reads the black lines on your credit cards which are magnetized
stripe of metal under black plastic
o CMB card contains
Beginning symbol
Bank Information
Account number
Code for PIN
Ending symbol
Chip Readers and PIN Pads
o A small multi-segment microchip which is read by a reader, then
you enter a pin number
Scanners
Digital Cameras
Microphones
Sensors
o Hear, Light, Sound, Pressure
Graphics (Drawing) Tablet
Optical Mark Reader
o Schools use this to grade large number of set
Looks for marks (bubbles) filled in with pencils
o Optical Character Reader (recognition)
A computer can recognize text in an image and convert it to
a document
Bar Code Reader
o The computer looks for thinner or thicker black lines, or groups of
lines. Length does not matter.
o http://barcode.tec-it.com/
QR Codes are the next evolution of a bar code

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o http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_code
Video Camera/Web Cam
Light Pen
Monitors
CRT Cathode Ray Tube. This is like an old television, where electrons
are shot at your face the rare of the monitor.
TFT- Thin Film Transistor. A piece of glass with thousands of tiny pixels
(dot). Each pixel has three transistors, which can emit red, green or blue.