COMPUTER PERIPHERALS AND INTERFACES
PERIPHERAL DEVICES SCANNER CAMERA AND MICROPHONE
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Pictures/Videos
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Sound
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Letters and numbers
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Clicks and movement
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Detailed explanation-1: -A webcam is a small digicam connected to a computer to transmit live video (as they happen). It collects light through a small lens at the front using a tiny grid of minuscule light detectors embedded into an image-sensing microchip.
Detailed explanation-2: -A webcam is a digital video device commonly built into a computer. Its main function is to transmit pictures over the Internet. It is popularly used with instant messaging services and for recording images.
Detailed explanation-3: -The USB cable supplies power to the webcam from the computer and takes the digital information captured by the webcam’s image sensor back to the computer-from where it travels on to the Internet.
Detailed explanation-4: -However, it’s more appropriate to refer to this device as a webcam. A digital camera may be considered both an input and output device (I/O device) as it can both take pictures (input) and send them to your computer (output).