Input, Output, Storage Devices By James Goodman

Input Devices In computing, an input device is a peripheral (piece of computer hardware equipment) used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system such as a computer or information appliance. Examples of input devices include keyboards, mice, scanners, digital cameras and joysticks. Input devices allow us to enter new data into a computer. The computer processes the data and then produces outputs that we can understand using an output device. Input devices can be manual or automatic.

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Output Devices An output device is any piece of computer hardware equipment used to communicate the results of data processing carried out by an information processing system (such as a computer) which converts the electronically generated information into human-readable form. An example of this speakers, headphones and a monitor.

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Storage devices alternatively referred to as digital storage, storage, storage media, or storage medium, a storage device is any hardware capable of holding information either temporarily or permanently. There are two types of storage devices used with computers: a primary storage device, such as RAM, and a secondary storage device, like a hard drive. Secondary storage can be removable, internal, or external storage. The picture shows an example of aDrobo, an external secondary storage device. Without a storage device, your computer would not be able to save any settings or information and would be considered a dumb terminal.

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