INPUT DEVICES

MEANING
Input devices are any electronic devices
connected to a computer that produce
input signals.
Input Devices for Texts
1. Keyboard
2. Virtual keyboard
3. Optical reader and
Bar code reader
4. Scanner
Input device for Graphics
1. Scanner
2. Digital camera
Input device for audio
1. Microphone
2. Midi
keyboard
Input device for video
1. CCTV Camera
2. Webcam
3. Digital video camera
Pointing Devices
1. Mouse
2. Trackball
3. Graphics tablet
4. Touch screen
Units for data measurement

Bit
Byte
Kilobyte (KB)
Megabyte (MB)
Gigabyte (GB)

Basic terminology
8 Bits = 1 Byte
1024 Byte = 1 KB
1,048,576 Bytes = 1024 KB = 1 MB
1,073,741,824 Bytes = 1024 MB = 1 GB
EXERCISE
Identify the type of input the devices
produce. Tick (/) in the appropriate column