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I/O Devices (cont)

Other types of devices ...
  • keyboard ... byte-by-byte input, often line-buffered
  • screen ... pixel-array output, typically via GPU
  • mouse ... transmit X,Y movement and button presses
  • camera ... convert video signal, frame-by-frame, to digital stream
  • microphone ... convert analog audio signal to digital stream