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A bar code reader is an input Device. Although they sometimes output a visible light, the purpose is to gather data from a printed code and input that data into your system (computer, Point of Sale, etc.)
A bar-code reader.
A bar-code reader.
A bar code reader is an input Device. Although they sometimes output a visible light, the purpose is to gather data from a printed code and input that data into your system (computer, Point of Sale, etc.)
Input because it is sending data to the computer.
I expect you mean "Is Card reader/writer input or output?". If this is so, it is both an input and output device. Whenever you are trying to categorize a device as Input or Output, think of how it looks from the computer.If the computer is transmitting data to it, it is an Output device.If the computer is receiving data from it, it is an Input device.
These are all example's of Data Input device's - as opposed to Data Output Device's like Monitor's, Projector's, Printer's etc.
From the the user's point of view - the bar-code reader is much simpler to use. You simply point the reader at the bar-code - and it scans the sequence of black & white lines, sending data to a computer - which tells the user what the product is. With a keyboard, you would have to enter the long string of numbers printed under the bar-code - which not only takes more time - but could be entered wrongly.
It's 'manual' input. Because someone has to physically 'feed' the cheques though the reader.
A CD or DVD drive is a media device. Data is usually read from it, but data can also be sent to it if it has writing capabilities.
Binary code is not a device. It is a numerical representation of data.
Called a barcode scanner.