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Following are few of the important input devices which are used in Computer Systems
Keyboard
Mouse
Joy Stick
Light pen
Track Ball
Scanner
Graphic Tablet
Microphone
Magnetic Ink Card Reader(MICR)
Optical Character Reader(OCR)
Bar Code Reader
Optical Mark Reader
Keyboard
Most common and very popular input device is keyboard. The keyboard helps in inputting the data to the
computer.The layout of the keyboard is like that of traditional typewriter, although there are some additional keys
provided for performing some additional functions.
Keyboard are of two sizes 84 keys or 101/102 keys, but now 104 keys or 108 keys keyboard is also available for
Windows and Internet.
The keys are following
Sr.
No.
Keys
Description
Typing Keys
These keys include the letter keys (A-Z) and digits keys (0-9) which
are generally give same layout as that of typewriters.
Numeric Keypad
It is used to enter numeric data or cursor movement. Generally, it

consists of a set of 17 keys that are laid out in the same configuration
used by most adding machine and calculators.
Function Keys
The twelve functions keys are present on the keyboard. These are
arranged in a row along the top of the keyboard.Each function key has
unique meaning and is used for some specific purpose.
Control keys
These keys provides cursor and screen control. It includes four

directional arrow key.Control keys also include Home, End,Insert,
Delete, Page Up, Page Down, Control(Ctrl), Alternate(Alt),
Escape(Esc).
Special Purpose Keys
Keyboard also contains some special purpose keys such as Enter,

Shift, Caps Lock, Num Lock, Space bar, Tab, and Print Screen.
Mouse
Mouse is most popular Pointing device. It is a very famous cursor-control device. It is a small palm size box with a
round ball at its base which senses the movement of mouse and sends corresponding signals to CPU on pressing
the buttons.
Generally it has two buttons called left and right button and scroll bar is present at the mid. Mouse can be used to
control the position of cursor on screen, but it cannot be used to enter text into the computer.
ADVANTAGES
Easy to use
Not very expensive
Moves the cursor faster than the arrow keys of keyboard.
Joystick
Joystick is also a pointing device which is used to move cursor position on a monitor screen. It is a stick having a
spherical ball at its both lower and upper ends. The lower spherical ball moves in a socket.TheJoystic can be moved
in all four directions.
The function of joystic is similar to that of a mouse. It is mainly used in Computer Aided Designing(CAD) and playing
computer games.
Light Pen
Light pen is a pointing device which is similar to a pen. It is used to select a displayed menu item or draw pictures on
the monitor screen.It consists of a photocell and an optical system placed in a small tube.
When light pen's tip is moved over the monitor screen and pen button is pressed, its photocell sensing element
detects the screen location and sends the corresponding signal to the CPU.
Track Ball
Track ball is an input device that is mostly used in notebook or laptop computer, instead of a mouse. This is a ball
which is half inserted and by moving fingers on ball, pointer can be moved.
Since the whole device is not moved, a track ball requires less space than a mouse. A track ball comes in various
shapes like a ball, a button and a square.
Scanner
Scanner is an input device which works more like a photocopy machine. It is used when some information is available
on a paper and it is to be transferred to the hard disc of the computer for further manipulation.
Scanner captures images from the source which are then converted into the digital form that can be stored on the
disc.These images can be edited before they are printed.
Digitizer
Digitizer is an input device which converts analog information into a digital form. Digitizer can convert a signal from
the television camera into a series of numbers that could be stored in a computer. They can be used by the computer
to create a picture of whatever the camera had been pointed at.
Digitizer is also known as Tablet or Graphics Tablet because it converts graphics and pictorial data into binary inputs.
A graphic tablet as digitizer is used for doing fine works of drawing and images manipulation applications.
Microphone
Microphone is an input device to input sound that is then stored in digital form. The microphone is used for various
applications like adding sound to a multimedia presentation or for mixing music.
Magnetic Ink Card Reader(MICR)

MICR input device is generally used in banks because of a large number of cheques to be processed every day. The
bank's code number and cheque number are printed on the cheques with a special type of ink that contains particles
of magnetic material that are machine readable.
This reading process is called Magnetic Ink Character Recognition(MICR). The main advantages of MICR is that it is
fast and less error prone.
Optical Character Reader(OCR)

OCR is an input device used to read a printed text. OCR scans text optically character by character, converts them
into a machine readable code and stores the text on the system memory.
Bar Code Readers

Bar Code Reader is a device used for reading bar coded data (data in form of light and dark lines). Bar coded data is
generally used in labelling goods, numbering the books etc. It may be a hand held scanner or may be embedded in a
stationary scanner.
Bar Code Reader scans a bar code image, converts it into an alphanumeric value which is then fed to the computer
to which bar code reader is connected.
Optical Mark Reader(OMR)

OMR is a special type of optical scanner used to recognize the type of mark made by pen or pencil. It is used where
one out of a few alternatives is to be selected and marked. It is specially used for checking the answer sheets of
examinations having multiple choice questions.

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Following are few of the important input devices which are used in Computer Systems

Magnetic Ink Card Reader(MICR)

Optical Character Reader(OCR)

Bar Code Reader

Optical Mark Reader

It is used to enter numeric data or cursor movement. Generally, it

These keys provides cursor and screen control. It includes four

Special Purpose Keys

Keyboard also contains some special purpose keys such as Enter,

Not very expensive

Moves the cursor faster than the arrow keys of keyboard.

Magnetic Ink Card Reader(MICR)

Optical Character Reader(OCR)

Bar Code Readers

Optical Mark Reader(OMR)

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