Input and Output Devices With 5 Examples

What are Input Devices?

Devices that we use to input data in a computer system like text are called input devices. Input can be connected to a computer directly or remotely by the user to input data.

With the help of input devices, we are able to give instructions to computer systems so that computers can perform further tasks.

Input and Output Devices With 5 Examples

5 Examples of Input Devices

Here are the 5 examples of Input devices.

Keyboard

The keyboard is a primary input device, it is used to enter data and instructions into the computer directly to perform various tasks.

Keyboard consists of various keys like alphabets, numbers, 12 function keys, and various special character keys, and every key has its own function.

There are various types of keyboard list of given below

• Qwerty Keyboard
• Wired Keyboard
• Wireless Keyboard
• USB Keyboard
• Mechanical Keyboard
• Magic Keyboard
• Gaming Keyboard
• Flexible Keyboard
• Bluetooth Keyboard

These name sound different but their principle is the same they all are used for data and instructions, Only their design and user experience is different so don’t get confused once a keyboard is always a keyboard.

Mouse

A mouse is another input device that controls the cursor on the screen. The main purpose of the mouse is to navigate through computer files and software.

A mouse has three buttons, left, Right, and scroll buttons to scroll up and down and sometimes left and right also. With a right click, you get different options and with a double left click, you can open any file and software on the computer.

here is the list of different types of mouse.

• Wired Mouse
• Wireless Mouse
• Bluetooth Mouse
• Trackball mouse
• Laser Mouse
• USB mouse
• Verticle Mouse
• gaming Mouse

These names might look and sound different and work on different principal but the main purpose of the mouse is the same in all cases, to navigate through the desktop.

Lightpen

Lightpen is another input device, it allows users to draw or enter any data just by writing like a normal pen. It is also known as a pointing device used to select and display certain items on the screen.

Biometric Devices

You might have seen these things often when you apply for any document they take your fingerprint and face for verification, well these are the devices that help them to do so.

• Face Scanner
• Fingerprint Scanner
• Voice scanner

These devices take samples and send them to the computer directly. And also these devices are highly accurate, the fingerprint scanner is present in most smartphones nowadays, and it also acts as an input device.

Scanner

The scanner is another input device that we use to scan photographs with high resolution and in-depth details. Photo scanner is just like printers nowadays printers come with an inbuilt scanner.

What are Output Devices?

Devices that are used to show data and information from computer to use with the help of different devices like monitors, Printer,s and Speaker.

Computers send data in form of signals to these devices since we cannot read direct signals from computers, we use these devices as a medium of communication between user and computer.

5 Examples of Output Devices

Here is the list of 5 output devices with an explanation.

Desktop

The desktop is the most important output device that allows us to see results and actual things happening with our computer. Without a desktop, we can’t do anything because we would be unable to see the actual inputs and outputs on the screen and things would really get messy.

Here are the types of monitor

• CRT Monitor
• LCD Monitor
• LED Monitor
• Plasma Monitor

The purpose of these names is the same to show us the output. Don’t get confused bt different names.

Printer

Printer is another output device that prints outputs. The printer produces hard copy from soft copy, the printer can print any data like images or text on a page.

Printers are of two types

• Impact Printers
• Non-Impact Printers

Speaker

Speaker is a device that converts electric signals into a sound that we can hear. Because of speakers, we can communicate via voice chat, and also there are many places where we have to communicate with a lot of people we use speakers to reach out to everyone.

Home theatre is also an example of the speaker, an output device.

Projector

projector is another output device that focuses and display data on walls or curtain. You might have seen this device in your school, used to make things understand better with visuals.

Or you might have seen this in theatres, ever wondered why pictures are so big in theatres, thanks to a projector on the backside? It displays any data that you want to show, from picture to text.

GPS

GPS also known as Global Positioning System is a navigation system based on satellite that uses radio signals to find particular locations. The work is simple as GPS, the sender transmits radio signals to the satellite, the satellite receives it, and then sends that data to the receiver.

There are many companies that depend on it like delivery services and taxis how they find you in moments, this is the mechanism working behind it.