There are adopted standards for how information is presented in a barcode form. Which basically means a bunch of folks decided on a universal set of characters to depict letters and number using a series of stripes of different widths for each letter and number. Code128 is the most widely accepted of these fonts.
In order to read a barcode you need a barcode reader which is nothing more than a low density laser that when aimed at a barcode, simply measures the difference in the beam as it bounces back and reports the resulting measurements to a built in set of instructions which in turn sends back characters to the computer as if it was a string of keys being pressed on a keyboard.
An input device is anything which you plug into your computer that sends information to it such as: Keyboard, Mouse, joystick.
A joystick is an input device. The movement of the stick is translated into signals that are sent to the receiving computer. To identify if the device is input or output, simply think of this: Do you need to send a command to the computer (inputting), or is the computer displaying (outputting) information to you?
Neither. A computer contains both input and output devices. Many modern input and output devices contain embedded computers, that interface between the main computer and the actual input or output hardware of the device.
An input device is something that puts information in something. Let's use a computer for example. A mouse and a keyboard are input devices because they put information INTO the computer. Output devices, such as printers, put out information.
That's an output device, because your getting information off the computer and onto the CD.
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The mouse is a data input device - it takes information from you and feeds it to the computer. In contrast, a printer is an output device - it takes information from the computer and feeds it back to you.
Indeed, the computer mouse is an input device in the peripheral device category of computer products.
A joystick is an input device. It receives input from the user in the form of it's operation which it then passes on to the computer. Speakers are an example of an output device. They receive no input from the user, and only output (sound in this case). You can think of an input device as something that gives the computer information. And an output device as something that receives information from the computer.
An input device is anything which you plug into your computer that sends information to it such as: Keyboard, Mouse, joystick.
A scanner is an input device because it sends (or 'inputs') information to the computer.
Your input device, for example a mouse, is connected to your input medium, your computer. an input device is a device that is used to input or helps to enter data into the computer and an input medium is where the input device is detected e.g the slots
The trackball would be an input device. Any device that takes information from the outside world into the computer is an input device. Any device that takes information from the computer and gives it to the outside world (such as a monitor or printer) is an output device.
why are mouse and keyboard and scanner an input device and printer and monitor an output device? Because while a mouse, keyboard and scanner send information to the computer with no information being received back from the computer an output device like printer and monitor get information from the computer without giving the computer any input. In other words mouse keyboard and scanner send the computer information printer and monitor get information from the computer.
speakers are output de4vices because information is sent "out" of the computer. mice and keyboards are input devices because they send information "in" to the computer
A digitizer feeds information into the computer from the user. That makes it an input device.
A joystick is an input device. The movement of the stick is translated into signals that are sent to the receiving computer. To identify if the device is input or output, simply think of this: Do you need to send a command to the computer (inputting), or is the computer displaying (outputting) information to you?