input device

Noun
  1. A device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device (synset 103168639)
    is a type of: computer peripheral, peripheral, peripheral device - electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer
    subtypes:
    • computer keyboard, keypad - a keyboard that is a data input device for computers; arrangement of keys is modelled after the typewriter keyboard
    • joystick - a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers
    • digital scanner, image scanner, scanner - an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer
    same as: data input device

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