What is the difference between an input and output device?
Question
What is the difference between an input and output device?
Answer
To
understand the difference between an input and output device, you must
understand the difference between input
and output. Any information or data
that's entered or sent to the computer to be processed is considered
input and anything that is displayed from the computer is output.
Therefore, an input device such as a computer
keyboard is capable of having
information sent to the computer, but does not display (output) any
information. An output device such as a computer
printer can print information from
the computer but does not send any information (input) to the computer.
Additional information
- See our input device and output device definitions for further information and examples.