Because it outputs sound to speakers or headphones, but takes in sound through a microphone or other auxiliary source, if you have one.
The sound card of a computer provides an output - speaker or headphone) and usually an input too - microphone.The card itself is not an output but is an I/O device(input output device) [a bit of semantics here].
It is both input or output
I expect you mean "Is Card reader/writer input or output?". If this is so, it is both an input and output device. Whenever you are trying to categorize a device as Input or Output, think of how it looks from the computer.If the computer is transmitting data to it, it is an Output device.If the computer is receiving data from it, it is an Input device.
Generally yes, however some video cards also accept input from other devices.
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Well, it's neither, and both. It's classified as an input/output device. Or I/O.
The most common example of a device that acts as both input and output simultaneously is a touch screen monitor for a computer. The display of data makes it an output device while the ability to send signals to the computer via touch makes it an input device as well.
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A sound-card is an output device. It takes digital information from the computer and turns it into an analogue signal that is sent to the computers speakers or headphone socket. Most sound cards today also have a microphone socket and convert sound to digital signals for processing (eg for SKYPE or recording music). This is an Input device. Some sound cards can only process either In or Out, not both at the same time, most modern cards can do both simultaneously - a requirement for SKYPE usage.
Input I would have thought.If you are refering to the big readers of the 80-column punched card then they are Input devices. But many of these devices were made so that they could also be used for output - ie for punching cards - these are both Input and Output devices.A card reader is an INPUT (not imput) device.Whenever you are trying to categorize a device as Input or Output, think of how it looks from the computer.If the computer is transmitting data to it, it is an Output device.If the computer is receiving data from it, it is an Input device.
Neither, it is a storage device (removable storage).
I Really Love Tech And I Think You Are All WRONG. It's Neither! It's NOT An Input. And It's NOT An Output! IT'S A STORAGE DEVICE!