All computer hardware components used to feed raw and other data to a computer system are categorized as input hardware devices.
The following is a list of commonly used input devices:
- Keyboards
- Pointing devices:
Mouse Touchpad Touchscreen Multi touch screen Pen input Motion sensor Graphics tablet Interactive smartboard
- Game controller devices:
Joystick Gamepad Steering wheel
- Audio input devices:
Microphone Midi keyboard
- Visual and Imaging devices:
Webcam Digital camera Digital camcorder Tv capture card Scanner Barcode reader
