Softwares / Computer Peripherals List

Computer Peripheral is device attached to computer provides input and output for the computer. Example printer is a output device, image scanner is a input device.

S.No Computer Peripheral Name Purpose Image
1 Keyboard It is a input device used type a document, access menus, play games and perform other tasks by humans. Keyboard
2 Mouse It is a hand held pointing device and used to control graphical user interface of a computer. Mouse
3 Touchscreen It enables user to interact directly with displayed. Touchscreen
4 Pen tablet It is a pen like structure enables user to hand-draw images, animations and graphics. Pentablet
5 Joystick It is Used to control video games usually have 1 / push buttons Joystick
6 Scanner It is used to captures images from photographic prints, posters, magazine pages. Scanner
7 Web Camera It is used to capture image, take videos and have online conference with other. Web Camera
8 Microphone It is used to capture audio by converting sound waves into an electrical signal. Microphone
9 Monitor It is output device used to displays information in pictorial form. Monitor
10 Projector It is a optical device that projects an image onto a surface, commonly a projection screen Projector
11 Printer It is a output device that prints paper documents. Printer
12 Plotter A Plotter is a printer designed for printing vector graphics Plotter
13 Speakers It is used as a transducers that convert electromagnetic waves into sound waves Speakers
14 External Hard Disk It is used as a storage device to store data such as photos, videos and documents External Hard Disk
15 Media card reader It is a device used to reading and writing data on a memory card Media card reader
16 Touchpad It is similar to mouse on a desktop PC Touchpad
17 Head Phone It allows user to talk and listen while keeping their hands free. Head Phone
18 Pen Drive It is used as a storage device to store data that connects to a computer by a USB port Pen Drive
19 Optical Character Reader It is used extract text from a scanned document or an image of a document Optical Character Reader
20 Light Pen It is used to direct viewers attention to a specific area such as a picture or text in a presentation Light Pen


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