Introduction to Peripheral Devices

Peripheral devise are the computer devices that are connected to the computer externally such as printer, scanner, keyboard, mouse, tape device, microphone and external modem.  They can be internal such as CD-ROM or internal modem and external as the scanner, printer and Zip drive.  Peripheral devices can be classified according to their functions.

Input

Input devices are the type of the computer devices that are used to provide the control signals to the computer.  Keyboard and the Mouse are the examples of the input devices.

Output

Output devices are the devices that are used to display the results.  Printer, scanner, speaker and the monitor are the examples of the output devices.

Storage

A storage device is a device that is used to store the information such as hard disk drive, flash drive, floppy disk and the tape drive.