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input device

A device, such as a keyboard, used to enter information into a computer.

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input device

(Computer Science) computing a peripheral device that accepts data and feeds it into a computer

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input device

A machine with which to give information to a computer.

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Noun

input device - a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device

data input device

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

computer peripheral, peripheral, peripheral device - (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"

digital scanner, image scanner, scanner - an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer

Translations

Eingabegerät

periferica di immissione dati periferica di ingresso

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