Standard Devices
Pointing Devices
Scanning Devices
Audio/Video Devices
Other Input Devices (Sensors, etc)
100
The standard input device.
What is the keyboard?
100
Resembles the gear stick in an automobile and is used mainly for playing computer games.
What is a joystick?
100
Flat-bed and hand-held are two versions of this.
What is a scanner?
100
A device used to capture sound.
What is a microphone?
100
This can be used as input to allow the police department to uniquely identify a criminal.
What is a fingerprint reader?
200
Keys are marked with raised dots.
What is the Braille keyboard?
200
Optical, ball, pointing stick and touchpad are all types of this pointing device.
What is a mouse?
200
Used in banks to verify cheques.
What is MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Reader)?
200
Stores images on a flash memory card.
What is digital camera?
200
Emits a beam of infra-red light that carries data signals.
What is a remote control?
300
This keyboard takes up no physical space and is often used in Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs).
What is a virtual keyboard? What is a projection keyboard?
300
For this device, the pointer is the human finger.
What is a touchscreen?
300
Detects the position of black marks on white paper.
What is OMR (Optical Mark Reader)?
300

Is considered to be both an input and output device.

What is Digital Camera?

300
This type of sensor can be used at a hospital to monitor a patient's body temperature.
What is a heat sensor?
400
This keyboard uses whole words, pictures or symbols superimposed on a flatbed of contact switches.
What is a concept keyboard?
400
Drawings and sketches can be easily entered into the computer using this device.
What is a digitising tablet?
400
Detects the shapes of characters by shining light on them.
What is Optical Character Recognition?
400
With this type of device, simple spoken commands can be used to control machines.
What is voice data entry? What is voice recognition?
400
This type of sensor is sometimes used to regulate the traffic lights at major intersections.
What is a pressure sensor?
500
This keyboard is modeled after the typewriter keyboard.
What is the QWERTY keyboard?
500
Looks like a pencil eraser and is found on laptops.
What is a pointing stick?
500
Used at the point of sale to speed up the cashing out of items.
What is a barcode reader?
500

Takes many pictures per second to give an impression of movement.

What is a digital video camera?

500
A touch-sensitive board which connects to a projector and a computer.
What is an interactive whiteboard?
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