Chapter 5 Input

1. Mouse

1.1. Trackball

1.1.1. A trackball is a stationary pointing device with a ball on its top or side

1.2. Touchpad

1.2.1. A touchpad is a small, flat, rectangular pointing device that is sensitive to pressure and motion

1.3. Pointing stick

1.3.1. A pointing stick is a pressure-sensitive pointing device shaped like a pencil eraser that is positioned between keys on a keyboard

2. Keybord

2.1. Wired Keybord

2.1.1. USB port

2.2. Wireless Keybords

2.2.1. Bluetooth

3. Touch Sceens

3.1. Microsoft sarface

3.2. Touch-scensitive pads

4. Scanners and Reading Devices

4.1. Flatbed

4.2. sheet-fed

4.3. drum

4.4. pen or handheld

5. Video input

5.1. Web cam

5.1.1. A Web cam is a type of digital video camera that enables a user to capture video and still images

5.2. Video conference

5.2.1. A video conference is a meeting between two or more geographically separated people

6. Voice input

6.1. Voice input

6.1.1. Voice input is the process of entering input by speaking into a microphone

6.2. Voice recognition

6.2.1. Voice recognition is the computer’s capability of distinguishing spoken words

7. Digital cameras

7.1. Field cameras

7.2. Point-and-shoot-cameras

7.3. studio cameras

8. Game Controllers

8.1. Gamepads

8.2. Joysticks

9. What is Input?

9.1. Input is any data and instructions entered into the memory of a computer