INPUT & OUTPUT
What does output mean?
OUTPUT DEVICES
An output device is a piece of hardware that is used to output data that has been previously entered into a computer or similar processing device, it obeys a computer command to do something in real life. For example a printer is an output device that will produce a page of information when the correct commands are sent to it from a computer.
- Monitor
- Printer
- Plotter
- Projector
- Speaker
- Headphones
- Light/LED
What does input mean?
An input device is a piece of hardware that is used to either enter data into a computer or a similar processing device such as smart phone.Input devices are usually categorized as either manual or automatic.
Examples of input devices:
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Touchpad
- Scanner
- Sensors
- Microphone
- Digital Camera
- Barcode Readers