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What do you mean by Input devices?Explain any 10 Input devices.

An input device is a hardware or peripheral device used to send data to a computer. An

input device allows users to communicate and feed instructions and data to computers for

processing, display, storage and/or transmission

 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(OMR)

Keyboard

Keyboard is the most common and very popular input device which helps to input data to

the computer. The layout of the keyboard is like that of traditional typewriter, although

there are some additional keys provided for performing additional functions.

Keyboards are of two sizes 84 keys or 101/102 keys, but now keyboards with 104 keys or

108 keys are also available for Windows and Internet.

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