Competencies (Page 1 of 2)

• Define input
• Describe keyboard entry, pointing devices, and
Chapter 7 scanning devices
• Discuss image capturing devices, including digital
cameras, digital video cameras, and audio input
devices
Input and Output

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Competencies (Page 2 of 2) Introduction

• Define output Do you ever wonder how information
• Describe monitors, printers, and audio output gets into your computer and comes out
devices
• Discuss combination input and output devices,
in a form you can use? Input devices
including fax machines, multifunctional devices, convert what we understand into what
Internet telephones, and terminals the system unit can process. Output
devices convert what the system unit
has processed into a form that we can
understand. Input and output devices
are the focus of this chapter.
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What is Input? Keyboard Entry (Page 1 of 2)

• Any data or instructions used by a computer • Keyboards
• Input devices – Traditional keyboards
– Flexible keyboards
– Hardware
– Ergonomic keyboards
• Keyboards
• Pointing devices – Wireless keyboards
• Scanning devices – PDA keyboards
• Other devices • Features
– Translates data into a form that the system unit – Typewriter keyboard with numeric keypad
can process – Special purpose keys
• Toggle and combination keys

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 Keyboard Entry (Page 2 of 2) Pointing Devices (Page 1 of 2)
Traditional Keyboard

• Mice
– Mechanical
– Optical
– Cordless
or wireless
• Three similar devices to mice
– Trackball
– Touch pads
– Pointing stick
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Pointing Devices (Page 2 of 2) Scanning Devices (Page 1 of 2)

• Optical scanners
• Joystick
– Flatbed scanners
– Portable scanners
• Touch Screen
• Card Readers
– Magnetic card readers
• Light Pen – Radio Frequency card readers

• Stylus

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Scanning Devices (Page 2 of 2) Image Capturing Devices

• Bar code readers
• Digital cameras
– Handheld wand readers or platform scanners
– Images recorded digitally on a disk
– Contain photoelectric cells that read bar codes
– Images can be downloaded to a computer
• Character and mark recognition devices • Digital video cameras
– Magnetic ink character recognition (MICR)
– Records motion digitally
– Optical-character recognition (OCR)
– Can take still images as well
– Optical-mark recognition (OMR) – WebCams
• Specialized digital video cameras
• Broadcast images over the Internet

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Audio-Input Devices
Messaging
• Exchange messages • Voice recognition
and files with friends systems
– Use a microphone, a
• Voice and video sound card, and
capabilities special software
– Users can operate
• Application sharing computers and create
documents using
voice commands

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What is Output? Monitors (Page 1 of 2)

• Processed data or information • Known as screens or display screens
• Types of output • Output referred to as soft copy
– Text
• Features
– Graphics/Photos
– Resolution/pixels
– Audio & video
– Dot pitch
• Output devices
– Refresh rate
– Monitors
– Printers – Size
– Other Devices

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Monitors (Page 2 of 2) Printers (Page 1 of 2)

• Cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors
• Translates information that has been
• Flat-panel monitors processed by the system unit
– Require less power to operate
• Output referred to as hard copy
– Portable and thinner than CRTs
• Features
• Other monitors
– Resolution
– E-books
– Color capability
– Data projectors
– Speed
– High-definition television (HDTV)
– Memory

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 Printers (Page 2 of 2) Audio-Output Devices
• Ink-jet printer
• Translates audio information from the
• Laser printer
computer into sounds that people can
– Personal laser printers
understand
– Shared laser printers
• Common devices
• Thermal printer
– Speakers
• Other printers
– Headphones
– Dot-matrix printers
– Plotters • Digital Music Players
– Photo printers – iPod
– Portable printers – iRiver

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Internet Telephone Approaches

Multifunctional Devices (MFD) • Computer-to computer
– Free long distance calls
• Many devices combine input and output – Requires computers to be connected to the Internet
capabilities and offer cost and space – MSN is most widely used software
advantages • Computer-to traditional telephone
– Place the call from a computer to a phone
• Fax machines – Requires an Internet phone service provider
• Internet telephones • Software requirements
• Small monthly and/or per-minute fee
– known as Internet telephony
• Traditional telephone-to-traditional telephone
– IP telephony – Does not require a computer
– and Voice-over IP (VoIP) – Subscription required to a special Internet phone service provider
– Three approaches • Special hardware adapter
• Cost is similar to the computer-to-traditional telephone approach
• Terminals

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Terminals Careers In IT
• An input and output device • Technical writers prepare instruction
• Connects to a mainframe or server manuals, technical reports, and other
scientific or technical documents
• Types of terminals
• Typically requires a college degree
– Dumb terminal – Communications
– Intelligent terminal – Journalism
– Network terminal – English
– Specialization or familiarization with a technical
field
• Technical writers can expect to earn $41K to
$69K annually.
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 A Look to the Future
Electronic Translators May Be in Your Future
• Electronic Interpretation may soon exist to
provide personal interpretation for foreign
languages and images
• Prototype portable handheld electronic
interpreters are currently in a testing phase
at the U.S. Office of Naval Research
• Creating is labor intensive using both
linguists and programmers
Discussion Questions (Page 1 of 2)
• Define input and input devices.
• Describe the different types of pointing,
scanning, image capturing, and audio-input
devices.
• Describe the three categories of output
devices.

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Discussion Questions (Page 2 of 2)

• Define output and output devices.
• What are combination input and output
devices? Describe four such devices.

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