[Lenay Nichols]

In my study I am learning input and output devices help us humans and computers communicate with each other. What I have found to be the main difference between them is the direction the information travels. Input devices send information into the computer. They are the tools we use to “talk” to the computer. If I were to type on a keyboard, click a mouse, or speak into a microphone, can’t we consider this as giving the computer instructions?
Output devices send information from the computer back to the user. This is how the computer “talks back” to us. For example, a monitor shows images and text, speakers play sound, and a printer produces documents on paper. These devices display the results of what the computer has processed.
Maybe a more simple way to put it is input devices send information into the computer, while output devices send information out of the computer. The both are necessary because they allow us as users and computers to work together and exchange information.