Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to Information Technology Chapter 2 System Unit Chapter 3 Input Devices Chapter 4 Output Devices Chapter 5 Secondary Storage Chapter 6 System Software Chapter 7 Application Software Chapter munication System Chapter work Chapter 10 Chapter 11 merce and Security Chapter 12 Professional Certification and Careers in Information Systems Chapter 3 Input Device Objective After reading this chapter, you should be able to: Explain the role of input devices. Know what mon input devices are. Know the use of mon input device. Input Device Input devices are hardware used to provide input to puter. The purpose of input devices is to collect data and convert it into a form suitable puter processing. The widely used input devices include keyboards, mice, touch screens, scanners, and audio input devices. Keyboard A keyboard is an input device. Mouse A mouse (plural mouses, mice, or mouse devices) is a pointing device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface. There are two basic types of mice: Mechanical mouse. Optical mouse Touch Screen A touch screen (See Figure 3-4.) is a type of display screen that has a touch-sensitive transparent panel covering the screen. Scanner puting, a scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Audio input device Audio input devices allow a user to send audio signals to puter for processing, recording, or carrying mands. There are two major categories of audio input devices: Microphone. MIDI keyboard or other digital musical instrument.