Data Drives Flash, optical and hard drives store the output of computer processes, but they also provide the input for other functions.

In prior Java 101 articles, I referred to the concepts of redirection, standard input device, and standard output device. To demonstrate inputting data, several examples called System.in.read().

Input devices like keyboards, touchscreens, webcams and game controllers are designed and built to digitise the information they receive before sending it to the computer CPU for processing.

Thanks to creative minds that build assistive technology devices, physically challenged people do not have to give up computing. Computers work by accepting input from people and providing output ...

A peripheral device (hardware) that generates input for the computer such as a keyboard, scanner, mouse or digitizer tablet. Contrast with output device.