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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 | | Mouse | | Joystick | | Digitizing tablet | | Touch-sensitive...

## 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 | | Mouse | | Joystick | | Digitizing tablet | | Touch-sensitive screen | | Light pen | | Digital stills camera | | magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) reader | | Optical character recognition (OCR) reader | | Flatbed scanner and drum scanner | | Optical mark recognition (OMR) reader | | Barcode scanner | | RFID | | Magnetic reader | | Smart card | | Voice data entry system | | Sound capture device | | Video capture device | | Motion-sensing device | | Biometric system | | Remote-control device | | 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