CS input devices

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  • Created by: EJF2002
  • Created on: 17-01-18 09:07
what is an input device?
a piece of hardware designed to allow data to be entered into the computer
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what is a concept keyboard?
a virtual keyboard on a touch screen device
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what is a mouse used for?
it is used to navigate the pointer to a location on screen
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how do 2D and 3D scanners work?
scanners of every variety work by shining lights and lasers on objects and reading data off of the reflections.
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what are biometric scanners used for?
to identify people by unique
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how do barcode scanners work?
a light is shone on the white and black lines and the reflection is detected and converted into 1(white) and 0(black)
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what is a QR code?
it is a 2 dimensional barcode that can hold up to 7000 values to a barcodes 30
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how does a digital camera work?
it detects light and encodes that light into 1's and 0's that build up a image or video
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how do touch screens work?
either by detecting small pressure changes on the screen (resistive) or by detecting the tiny electrical charges we produce (capacitive)
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what are microphones?
anologue sound recording devices
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what is a concept keyboard?

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a virtual keyboard on a touch screen device

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what is a mouse used for?

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how do 2D and 3D scanners work?

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what are biometric scanners used for?

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