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Input Device

An input device is any hardware device that sends data to a computer, allowing you to interact with and control it. The picture shows a Logitech trackball mouse, which is an example of an input device. The most commonly used or primary input devices on a computer are the keyboard and mouse . However, there are dozens of other devices that can also be used to input data into the computer. Below is a list of input devices that can be utilized with a computer or a computing device. Types of input devices What are the input devices of my computer What does an input device send to a computer? Why does a computer need an input device? Related input device pages. Types of input devices Audio conversion device Barcode reader Biometrics (e.g., fingerprint scanner ) Business Card Reader Digital camera and Digital Camcorder Electroencephalography (EEG) Finger (with touchscreen or Wind...

Computer GK : Computer Questions and Answers

1. Who invented Compact Disc? Ans : James T Russel 2. Which day is celebrated as world Computer Literacy Day? Ans : December 2 3. Who invented Java? Ans : James A Gosling 4. Longhorn was the code name of ? Ans : Windows Vista 5. Who is known as the Human Computer of India? Ans : Shakunthala Devi 6. What is mean by Liveware? Ans : People who work with the computer 7. Which computer engineer got Nobel Prize for literature in 2003? J.M. Coetzee 8. 'Weaving The Web' was written by..... Ans : Tim Burners Lee 9. What is Beta Test? Ans : Trial test of a computer or software before the commercial launch 10. 'Do no evil' is tag line of ...... Ans : Google 11. First Indian cinema released through internet is ..... Ans : Vivah 12. Rediff.com was founded by..... Ans : Ajith Balakrishnan and Manish Agarwal 13. What is the extension of PDF? Ans : Portable document format 14. Mows is a type of mouse for ........

Computer GK : Computer Questions and Answers

1. Which Penguin is the mascot of Linux Operating system? Ans : TUX 2. i pad is manufactured by Ans : Apple 3. Which IT company got name from Sanfrancisco? Ans : CISCO 4. "Connecting people" is the tagline of .... Ans : Nokia 5. What is IMEI? Ans : International Mobile Equipment Identity. 6. What is e-zine? Ans : Electronic Magazines. 7. What is the expansion of ASCII? Ans : American Standard Code for Information Interchange. 8. Who developed first portable computer? Ans : Adam Osborne 9. What is NIC? Ans : Network Interface Card 10. Whose motto is "wisdom of mass principle? Ans : Wikipedia 11. Who is the father of computer ethics? Ans : Norbetweiner. 12. Which Indian state implemented 'Cyber Grameen' ? Ans : Andhra Pradesh 13. What is a blog? Ans : Online journals and diaries. 14. What is NISG? Ans : National Institute of Smart Governance 15. Tic-Tac-Toe is ..... Ans : 1st graphical game ...

Inventors of Computer Hardware

1) Key board — Herman Hollerith, first keypunch device in 1930’s (2) Transistor — John Bardeen, Walter Brattain & Wiliam Shockley (1947 - 1948) (3) RAM — An Wang and Jay Forrester (1951) (4) Trackball — Tom Cranston and Fred Longstaff (1952) (5) Hard Disk — IBM , The IBM Model 350 Disk File (1956 ) (6) Integrated Circuit— Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce (1958) (7) Computer Mouse — Douglas Engelbart (1964) (8) Laser printer— Gary Stark weather at XEROX in (1969) (9) Floppy Disk— Alan Shugart & IBM( 1970) (10) Microprocessor — Faggin, Hoff&Mazor – Intel 4004

Important founders in the field of Computer Technology

Paul Allen : Co-founder of Microsoft Corporation along with Bill Gates, a leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications. Bill Gates : William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate and philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen. Larry Ellison : Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison is an American business magnate, co-founder and chief executive of Oracle Corporation, one of the world's leading enterprise software companies. Larry Page : Lawrence "Larry" Page is an American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who, with Sergey Brin, is best known as the co-founder of Google. On April 4, 2011, he took on the role of chief executive officer of Google, replacing Eric Schmidt. Sergey Brin : Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is a Soviet-born American computer...