
Student's
Guide to Information
Technology
IT devices
In order to give you an idea of the scope of IT, here's a more
comprehensive list of IT devices. For convenience, I have grouped
them according to the main information processing task that they
perform, i.e. capture, store, process, or communicate. Don't worry if
you are unsure of some of the terms used here, as all these devices will
be explained in full in later pages.
Capture
• keyboards - for keying in data or text to a computer
• computer mice - for drawing with a computer
• microphones - for speech and music input to computer, audio, or
telecommunications
• video cameras and scanner ...