A peripheral device is a device that connects to a computer system to add functionality to it. Another thing about a peripheral device, is that there are 2 kinds of them. One is an output and the other is an input.
Input device examples include, Microphones, Webcams and a mouse.
Output device examples include, Monitor displays, Printers and projectors
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| Devices: scanner printer digital camera webcam joystick keyboard mouse monitor graphics tablet touch screen | barcode reader LCD projector external hard drive flash drive disk drive smartphone CD-ROM drive DVD-ROM drive modem speakers |
- scanner: scans a hard copy of a document into a digital copy
- printer: prints a document
- digital camera: takes video or pictures
- webcam: takes still images to send to a live video
- joystick: controls the movement of on-screen objects
Yr 12 AIT 