1. Input & Output Hardware Chapter 6 Taking Charge of Computing and Communications

2. Input Hardware Keyboards Mouses and other pointing devices Source Data Entry Input Devices

3. Keyboards You already know about these. Any Questions?

4. Mouses (Mice) Etc. Mouse Trackball Pointing Stick (pencil eraser on laptop) Touchpad (normally laptop) Joystick & other game controllers Light pen Digitizing tablet

5. Source Data Entry Scanning Devices – Bar Code Readers – Mark Recognition OMR (Tests) MICR – Optical Character Recognition Fax

6. Source Data Entry (cont) Imaging Systems – Scanner Flatbed Sheetfed Handheld Audio Input Video Input including Digital Camera

7. Esoteric Source Data Entry Sensors Radio Frequency GPS Voice Recognition

8. Output Hardware “Softcopy” vs. Hardcopy

9. Display Devices CRT’s Flat Panel Display Display controller Cards

10. Characteristics of Display systems Clarity – Resolution – Dot pitch – Refresh rate – Color Depth Monochrome vs Color

11. Hardcopy Output Devices Impact Printers – Dot-matrix – Character printers Non-Impact printers – Laser – Inkjet – Thermal Black & White vs. Color

12. Other Hard Copy Devices Plotters Multifunction Printers COM (computer output Microfilm)

13. Other Output Devices Sound VR

14. Combination Devices for both Input and Output Terminal – Dumb – Intelligent – POS Touch Screen

15. Cards Magnetic stripe Smart Cards Optical Cards