Hardware devices overview

1. Output

1.1. VDU visual display unit

1.1.1. CRT

1.1.2. LCD

1.1.3. plasma

1.2. Printers

1.2.1. Inkjet

1.2.2. Laser

1.2.3. Impact

1.3. Speach output

1.4. Electronic paper

1.5. Plotter

1.6. Truetype & bitmap fonts

2. Input

2.1. mouse

2.2. keyboard

2.3. Touch screen

2.4. graphics tablet

2.5. digital cmera

2.6. scanner

2.7. voice recognition

2.8. Readers

2.8.1. Barcode

2.8.2. Mark

2.8.3. Optical Character

2.8.4. Magnetic strip

2.8.5. RFID

2.8.6. Smart card

3. Storage

3.1. Floppy disk

3.2. Hard disk

3.3. Optical media

3.4. Magnetic tape

3.5. Solid state