INPUT DEVICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does input device mean? 

• INPUT DEVICE (noun)
  The noun INPUT DEVICE has 1 sense:

1. a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device

  Familiarity information: INPUT DEVICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INPUT DEVICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

data input device; input device

Hypernyms ("input device" is a kind of...):

computer peripheral; peripheral; peripheral device (electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "input device"):

computer 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)

digital scanner; image scanner; scanner (an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer)