What is an Input Device ?
- The Input devices are the devices which are used to enter the data in the computer system.
- Keyboard, mouse, scanner, microphone are the example of input devices.
- The word ‘Input’ means to ‘put in’. Input devices are those which are used to feed data or instructions into the computer.
- Using the input device, we can give information to the computer like numbers, |lords and pictures. You can write on the computer by using a keyboard. Hence, the keyboard is an input device. Other input devices are the mouse, joystick. Microphone, scanner, light pen, tracker ball, etc.
FUNCTIONS OF INPUT DEVICES:
- Accept the data from the outside worlds.
- Convert that data into computer coded information.
- Supply this data to Central Processing Unit for further processing.
Clasification of Input Devices :-
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(A) Motherboard
(B) Processor
(C) Microchip
(D) None of these
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(A) Circuit board
(B) CPU
(C) Memory
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(B) ROM
(C) CPU
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(A) Processing chip
(B) printer
(C) mouse
(D) Java
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(A) storage device
(B) processing device
(C) input device
(D) output device
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(A) TCP
(B) ARP
(C) ICMP
(D) BootP
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(B) command
(C) user response
(D) processor
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(A) Configuration
(B) Accessibility
(C) Authentication
(D) logging in
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