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## Typical input devices The peripherals shown in Table 2.1 are examples of typical input devices. We will look at some of these input devices in this chapter. ### Table 2.1 Input devices | Input Device | |---|---| | Keyboard | Barcode scanner | | Mouse | RFID | | Joystick | Magnetic reader | | D...

## Typical input devices The peripherals shown in Table 2.1 are examples of typical input devices. We will look at some of these input devices in this chapter. ### Table 2.1 Input devices | Input Device | |---|---| | Keyboard | Barcode scanner | | Mouse | RFID | | Joystick | Magnetic reader | | Digitising tablet | Smart card | | Touch-sensitive screen | Voice data entry system | | Light pen | Sound capture device | | Digital stills camera | Video capture device | | Magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) reader | Motion-sensing device | | Optical character recognition (OCR) reader | Biometric system | | Flatbed scanner and drum scanner | Remote-control device | | Optical mark recognition (OMR) reader | Motion-sensing device | We will look at the following types of input device in this chapter: * Keyboards * Pointing devices * Scanning devices * Audio and video input devices. ## Keyboards The most common input device is the keyboard. Keyboards play an important role with the input of data in the form of letters, numbers and symbols into the computer. The two main types of keyboard are: * alphanumeric keyboards * special-function keyboards.