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INPUT DEVICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device
Synonyms:
data input device; input device
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("input device" is a kind of...):
computer peripheral; peripheral; peripheral device (electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "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)
digital scanner; image scanner; scanner (an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer)
