Input Devices

Mouse

A Mouse is a Infrared or ball-socket controlled input device.   It allows the user to click on different items.

Keyboard

A Keyboard is simply a typing device with numbers, letters and symbols.

Webcam

A Webcam is a video camera that sends images from one computer to another over a network or the internet.

Scanner

A Scanner is an input device that optically scans images,   printed text,   handwriting,   or an object,   and converts it to a digital image.

Laserpen/Tablet

A Laserpen is an input device that interacts with a graphics tablet.   It touches the graphics tablet much like a touchpad only using a pen.

Joystick

A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling.

Digital Camera

 

 A Digital camera is a device for capturing images for transfer to a computer or viewing on a camera monitor

Mobile Phone

A mobile phone allows calls into the public switched telephone system over a radio link. Almost every person in this day and age owns a mobile phone.   Input devices on a Phone include the microphone and the keypad.