Various Types Of Keyboards

Introduction:
In computing, a keyboard is a typewriter-style device, which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys, to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches. A keyboard typically has characters engraved or printed on the keys and each press of a key typically corresponds to a single written symbol.

Various types of keyboards:

1: Basic PC Keyboard 2: Standard Keyboard 3: Multimedia Keyboard 4: Ergonomic Keyboard 5: Illuminated Keyboard 6: Compact Keyboard 7: Internet Keyboard 8: Wireless Keyboard 9: Gaming Keyboard 10: Virtual Keyboard

1: Basic PC Keyboard:
A basic PC keyboard is a keyboard that doesn't have any upgraded benefits and has only eighty-four keys.The layout is similar to a type-writer with extra keys and benefits are allowed to use applications like e-mail and processing written documents.

2: Standard Keyboard:
Though standard keyboards have undergone considerable changes in design over the last 20 years, their basic layout remains similar. The average number of keys on a regular keyboard is 105, though some older versions have keys in the range of 95-103. Even though standard keyboards are the most basic form of keyboards, they can have slight variations, especially in the manner the keys are placed.

3: Multimedia Keyboard:
The multimedia PC keyboard has the one hundred and one keys and the keys are frequently related to shortcuts or hot-key.

4: Ergonomic Keyboard:
An ergonomic PC keyboard bears an exceptional design that simplifies to place the hands at a normal position while using keyboard. This keyboard is perfect for the person who sits before the PC for three hours or more daily or for the person who bear wrist joint troubles.

5: Illuminated Keyboard:
Much like cell phone keyboards, these keyboards have back lights so the keys are more viewable even in dim lighted circumstances.

6: Compact Keyboard:
Compact keyboards are slim and usually do not have the numeric keypad that is present on the right side of other keyboards.

7: Internet Keyboard:
The Internet is one of the main reasons why a majority of the people use computers these days. Internet keyboards have special keys, called hot keys, which perform functions related to Internet usage.

8: Wireless Keyboard:
The biggest difference among a wireless keyboard and an ordinary one is that the first one uses an infrared light beams to transfer information to the PC as unlike the later mentioned, which utilizes a cable.

9: Gaming Keyboard:
As the name suggests, gaming keyboards are designed specifically for gamers. They include features meant to enhance gaming experience, as well as provide convenient usage for gamers.

10: Virtual Keyboard:

Virtual keyboards are software devices that let you input data just like a hardware keyboard. They open up as an application and can be controlled by a mouse or via a touch screen.

Biometric Input Devices

Introduction:
Biometrics (or biometric authentication) refers to the identification of humans by their characteristics or traits. Biometrics is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control. It is also used to identify individuals in groups that are under surveillance.

Biometric input devices are

1: Retina Scanner 2: Fingerprint Scanner 3: Voiceprint 4: Deep Tissue Illumination

1: Retina Scanner:
A retinal scan, commonly confused with the more appropriately named "iris scanner", is a biometric technique that uses the unique patterns on a person's retina to identify them. It is not to be confused with another ocular-based technology, iris recognition. The biometric use of this scan is used to examine the pattern of blood vessels at the back of the eye.

2: Fingerprint Scanner:
Fingerprint recognition or fingerprint authentication refers to the automated method of verifying a match between two human fingerprints. Fingerprints are one of many forms of biometrics used to identify individuals and verify their identity.

3: Voiceprint:
Speaker recognition is the identification of the person who is speaking by characteristics of their voices (voice biometrics), also called voice recognition and voiceprint.

4: Deep Tissue Illumination:

A relatively new technique that involves illumination of human tissue by specific lighting conditions and the detection of deep tissue patterns based on light reflection. The technique is claimed to have less susceptibility for spoofing than other forms of biometric techniques, as it is harder to simulate the process of light reflection.