Would a mouse be an "input" or an "output" in an electronics system diagram?
2015-09-04 13:20:05 UTC
I need to draw a computer system and the other items are: Processor (Process), V.D.U. (Output), CD ROM (Input) and Printer (Output). Please also explain why.
Five answers:
2015-09-05 05:46:05 UTC
Except for some very specialist mice (eg. those with force feedback or status displays on the mouse itself) a computer mouse is an input.
Its an input device because information (in this case about how the mouse moves, which buttons are pressed, if the scroll wheel is moving) is sent from the mouse to the computer. The data is flowing INto the computer - hence INput.
roger
2015-09-04 13:34:08 UTC
Input
the computer does not send any data TO the mouse
keerok
2015-09-04 14:16:52 UTC
Mouse is an input device.
CD-ROM is a storage device.
DeMoNsLaYeR575
2015-09-04 13:25:30 UTC
does any data come out of a mouse? no then its an input
Charlie Tuna
2015-09-04 13:20:35 UTC
It would be an input, like the keyboard.
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