The resolution or clarity of the monitor screens is related to the number of dots, pixels, on the screen.

As
the pixel count rises, the sharpness and clarity of images and colours on the screen improve.

Mouse
The type of input device that electronically instructs the cursor to move across the video display screen.
The mouse has at least two button and sometimes a roller at the top.
The left button is used primarily to:
Select the icon
Activate the process
Implement the function to be performed
The right button is a special function button, and its function is dependent on the program.
It requires the certain amount of space on a desk, often “runs” off the pad and must be repositioned to
work.
Trackball – has the ball on the top, and movement of the cursor is controlled by the fingers rolling the ball
in place.
Floppy Disk/Diskettes and CD-ROMs –another form of secondary storage or auxiliary memory which
serves as both input and output media.

Touch Pad and Mouse Button

Touch pad was developed by the makers of laptop computers for use in place of mouse. It is flat,
rectangular depression on the keyboard that senses pressure and movement of the user’s fingers.

Touch Screens
Uses an  electronic visual display that the user can control through simple or multi-touch gestures by
touching the screen with one or more fingers.
Touch screens involve the use of a special filter on a monitor screen that allows the screen to “sense” the
pressure of the user’s finger on a particular position of the screen. That pressure can signal the computer
to initiate the action (similar to a mouse click) or can function to let the user select a particular item on
the screen, such as on a menu.

Light pen
A light pen is a photosensitive device that responds to light images when placed against a monitor screen.
When the pen in contact with the display screen it highlights the items and sends the data to the
computer.
Optical Character Recognition
Is a specialized computer input medium that allows data to be read directly from a form or document.
An electronic optical scanning device, a wand reader, or a bar code reader reads special marks, numbers,
letters or characters.

Magnetic –Ink Character Recognition (MICR)

A medium for reading characters by computer wherein characters are made of magnetized particles
printed on paper.

Voice / Speech Synthesizer

Inputs data into the computer by speaking into a connected microphone.

Imaging
Transforms images from various types of graphics into digital form which the computer can accept,
represent on screen and process.
Eg. CAT scan, MRI

Digital Versatile Disk (DVD)

Holds more information than a CD-ROM and contains multimedia features.

Printers
Converts information produced by the computer system into printed form (hard copy-paper, microfilm-
microfiche, photograph and graphic).

Modem (Modulating and Demodulating device)

A communication device used to connect a terminal with a mainframe or another computer.
It translates digital data into waves for transmission over communication lines to the computer system
and converts the waves back to their original digital form for input into the computer.