INPUT DEVICES
by Suhana Jamaludin
1. POINTING DEVICE
1.1. INPUT DEVICE THAT ALLOWS USER TO CONTROL A POINTER ON THE SCREEN
1.2. MOUSE
1.3. JOYSTICK
1.4. TOUCHPAD
2. WEBCAM
2.1. A TYPE OF DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA THAT ENABLES A USER TO :
2.2. CAPTURE VIDEO AND STILL IMAGE
2.3. MAKE VIDEO TELEPHONE CALLS
2.4. BROADCAST LIVE IMAGES OVER THE INTERNET
2.5. SEND E-MAIL MESSAGES WITH VIDEO ATTACHMENTS
3. READING DEVICES
3.1. OPTICAL MARK RECOGNITION (OMR)
3.1.1. READ HAND-DRAWN MARKS
3.2. RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFD)
3.2.1. READS INFORMATION ON THE TAG VIA RADIO WAVES
3.3. OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR)
3.3.1. ALLOW USER TO READ CHARACTERS FROM ORDINARY DOCUMENTS
3.4. BARCODE READER
3.4.1. ALLOW USER TO READ BARCODE USING LASER BEAM
3.5. MAGNETIC STRIPE CARD READER
3.5.1. ALLOW USER TO READ THE MAGNETIC STRIPE ON THE BACK OF CARD
4. DIGITAL CAMERA
4.1. INPUT DEVICE THAT ALLOW USER TO CAPTURE PICTURES AND STORE THEM DIGITALLY
5. ANY HARDWARE COMPUTER ALLOW USERS TO ENTER DATA AND INSTRUCTIONS INTO A COMPUTER
6. KEYBOARD
6.1. CONTAIN KEYS USERS PRESS TO ENTER DATA AND INSTRUCTIONS INTO A COMPUTER
6.1.1. DESKTOP COMPUTER KEYBOARD
6.1.2. KEYBOARD FOR MOBILE DEVICES
6.1.3. KEYBOARD ERGONOMICS