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Joystick
Function: It is used in racing and flying games.
Digitizer
Digitizer is an input device which converts analogue information into digital
form. Digitizer is also known as Graphics Tablet because it converts graphics
and pictorial data into binary inputs.
Digitizer (Graphic Tablet)
Function: A graphic tablet as digitizer is used for doing fine works of
drawing and image manipulation. It allows artists to draw more
naturally in a graphics application. They have a stylus that you can use
to draw on a flat panel.
Functions of Input Devices
1. Used to input data/information into the computer.
2. Used to give the computer commands and instructions.
3. Change human language to computer language.
Summary
A mouse acts as a handheld pointing device and controls the actions of
that blinking item on your computer screen known as a cursor.
A keyboard lets you enter information and commands into a computer.
A digital camera lets you take pictures and transfer them to a computer.
The quality, or resolution of the pictures a digital camera can take are
measured in megapixels, or millions of pixels (dots). The more pixels,
the
Other input devices include touch pads, track balls, light pens,