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Summary of Input Devices

Input devices allow data and information to be fed into computers. Common input devices include keyboards, pointing devices like mice and trackballs, scanners, magnetic stripe cards, smart cards, and biometric scanners. Sensors are also input devices that record environmental data like temperature and light intensity. Each type of input device has advantages like ease of use or automatic data collection, as well as disadvantages such as inaccuracy or inability to interpret information.

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Summary of Input Devices

Input devices allow data and information to be fed into computers. Common input devices include keyboards, pointing devices like mice and trackballs, scanners, magnetic stripe cards, smart cards, and biometric scanners. Sensors are also input devices that record environmental data like temperature and light intensity. Each type of input device has advantages like ease of use or automatic data collection, as well as disadvantages such as inaccuracy or inability to interpret information.

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SUMMMARY OF INPUT DEVICE

INPUT DEVICE
Input device is a device which feeds data and information
into the computer.

Types of input devices Keyboard


The keyboard has keys for alphabetical characters and extra keys for special functions

Numeric keyboards
They have keys to input numbers and a few special keys

QWERTY keyboards

It gets its name from the first row of keys. It is most commonly used.

Advantage
Many people know how to use a QWERTY keyboard. So help is available.

Disadvantage
To use a keyboard efficiently you need to know the layout and be able to touch type.

Pointing devices
Mouse
It is the most widely used pointing device and some have a ball underneath and some have a light which detects the movement using the light.

Joystick
It is mostly used for games ad and to control cranes. There are simply two levers which are used to control and some buttons.

Tracker ball
It is like an upside down mouse because the ball is on top and you need to use your thumb or finger to roll the ball.

Graphics tablet

It is a flat rectangular pad between 6 and 30 inches wide. It works with a stylus which you need to move along the surface to produce drawings.

Advantage
People find it easier to use to point and click than typing.

Disadvantage
It is harder to input text

Scanners
Scanner is an input device that captures hard copy and converts it to soft copy.

Advantage
They quickly convert printed images on paper to electronic form.

Disadvantage
The accuracy of data input is unlikely to be verified.

OMR (Optical Mark Recognition)


An OMR technology is used to interpret pencil marks in a piece of paper.

Advantages
There is no requirement to type in the information written on paper form. Because of this input is faster and less expensive.

Disadvantages
OMR forms must be printed very carefully because the position of the mark on the paper affects the accuracy of the input. Because of this, printing costs more.

OCR (Optical Character Recognition)


OCR is the identification of printed or written text characters by a computer.

Advantages
Text printed can be converted to electronic form and edited.

Disadvantages
Character recognition is not always accurate and the electronic text has to be checked carefully.

Magnetic Stripe Card


A magnetic swipe card reads information from a magnetic stripe on the surface of a plastic card when it is swiped through the reader. They can be used to control access to buildings. For example to gain access to a building or to leave it, a stripe card is passed through a reader that controls whether a door opens or closes. If the identification on the card is recognizing by the ICT system it will open if not it will remain closed.

Advantages
They are often used as a form of identification that is small and light and can be carried at all times. The data recorded on the card is in electronic form and can be inputted into computer directly.

Disadvantages
The data recorded on the magnetic stripe card can be affected by magnetic radiation, such as that from TVs and computers. It can be copied and edited. This is an opportunity for determined criminals to commit identity theft and fraud

Smart Cards
A smart card is similar in shape and size to a magnetic card, but has a microprocessor chip embedded in it. The chip can do some processing as well as storing information. Special devices can communicate with the chip to read and write information on the card. Security features can be programmed in to the chip.

Advantages
Often used as a form of identification that is small and light and can be carried at all times. The data recorded on the chip is in electronic form and can be input directly into a computer.

Disadvantages
The data recorded on the chip can be copied and edited by very determined criminals and used for fraud.

The data recorded on the chip can be affected by electromagnetic radiation: for example, form television and computers.

Biometric scanners
Biometric scanners are a pattern of recognition system which makes personal identification based on a persons unique physical characteristics. Biometric scanners use face recognition, finger print matching, iris / retinal scans, voice recognition, and hand geometry.

Advantages
There is no need to carry personal identification. The person has to be present. This makes identification theft and fraud much less likely.

Disadvantages
Identification using biometric scanner is not yet sufficiently accurate. Permitted users will not be recognized at times, and blocked users will sometimes be permitted.

Sensors

Sensors are used to input the data about the environment into a computer. They are available in many different shapes and sizes, and they have a wide variety of uses. For example, sensors can be used to record light intensity, temperature and pressure.

Advantages
They can be placed in dangerous locations where people would be hurt. Sensors can record data that people do not sense or do not sense accurately such as humidity. The data recorded by sensors can be automatically recorded in a form that can be processed by a computer.

Disadvantages
They cannot interpret the data. They detect a very restricted range of the different types of data.

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