| input device n. A device, such as a keyboard, used to enter information into a computer. |
input device
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(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a peripheral device that accepts data and feeds it into a computer
input device ( n p t ) A device, such as a keyboard or a mouse, that is used to enter information into a computer. |
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| Noun | 1. |  input device - a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational devicecomputer 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 computer peripheral, peripheral, peripheral device - (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals" digital scanner, image scanner, scanner - an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer |
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