DATA INPUT DEVICE
Dictionary entry overview: What does data input device mean?
• DATA INPUT DEVICE (noun)
The noun DATA INPUT DEVICE has 1 sense:
1. a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device
Familiarity information: DATA INPUT DEVICE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DATA INPUT DEVICE (noun)
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 ("data input device" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "data 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)