Presentation No: 01

Presented By: Kashif Sajjad

Roll No: 20013386-029
Course Title: Com Fund & Programing
Course Code: CS-120
Input and Output Devices:
The computer is a very versatile machine. It can easily process different types of data.
To work with these data, we require different types of devices. These devices can help us
enter data into the computer. These devices are called input and output devices. They
mainly cover devices like mouse, keyboard, printer, speaker, joystick, etc which can be
used with a computer.
The devices that are used to display the information of the results are known as output
devices. While the devices whose main function is to give instructions and data to the
computer are called input devices. Today we are going to discuss these devices in detail.
This is to help you have a basic idea about input and output devices
Input Devices:
The main function of the input device is to enter the data in the computer. The various
examples of input data are a mouse, keyboard, light pen, etc.

1) Mouse:
The mouse is found on every computer. It is an integral part of it. It is a pointing
device. The main principle it works on is point and click. The mouse uses the trackball to
give the motion to the pointer displayed on the screen.
2) Keyboard:

The keyboard is used to enter all the data into the computer. It directs the computer
through instructions. Normally keyboard has 104 buttons called the keys. You can do various
tasks through the keyboard. You can program, type, etc through keyboard only.
3) Scanner:
The scanner is used to store photographs, picture, diagrams into the computer. It saves
the image in the form of a file by reading it.

4) Touchscreen:
Touchscreen monitors are becoming more and more popular. It requires putting the
input to the computer through the touch by your finger, pen, stylus, etc. You can give any
sort of information to the computer by touching it.
5) Microphone:
Microphone is an input device to input sound that is then stored in a digital form.
The microphone is used for various applications such as adding sound to a multimedia
presentation or for mixing music.
Output Devices:
Output devices can be viewed in the monitor or you can print it on the paper. And that is
why printer and monitor are one of the most common output devices.

1) Monitor:
The monitor is another important component of a computer. It is used to display the
processed information. It is known as a visual display unit (VDU). The pictures that are
displayed on the screen are shown by using a large number of tiny dots known as pixels.
These pixels that are shown on the monitor is referred to as the resolution of the screen.
There are mostly two types of monitors:

1. LCD or liquid crystal display monitor.

2. CRT or Cathode Ray tube monitor.

LCD monitors are lighter in weight can compare to CRT monitors and they are very
popular nowadays. The output that is displayed on the screen is known as the soft copy output as
it cannot be retained for a longer time.
2) Printer:
The printer is a very important component of a computer. It gives you a printed result
of what is displayed on the monitor. The output received from the printer is called hard copy
because you can retain it even after you turn off the computer or are no longer working on it.
When you look at the printing techniques there are mainly three types of printer:

1. Page printer
2. Character printer
3. Line printer
3) Speaker:
Speakers are one of the most common output devices used with computer systems.
Speakers are transducers that convert electromagnetic waves into sound waves.
The speakers receive audio input from a device such as a computer or an audio receiver.
This input may be either in analog or digital form.